PVCs DISTRIBUTION COMMENCES IN LAGOS STATE

Registered voters in Lagos State who are yet to collect their Permanent Voter Cards now have another opportunity to do so as the cards will be made available for collection by their owners on five Saturdays starting from April 22, 2017, at each of the 245 Registration Area Centres (RACs) of the State.



This arrangement is sequel to a partnership between the Lagos office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC).

The collaboration between the two electoral umpires is aimed at facilitating easy collection of PVCs by registered voters who have not collected their cards due to their busy schedules during working days of the week and other factors.



According to a report from INEC, about 1.4 million Permanent Voter Cards are still awaiting collection by registered voters in Lagos State. This huge number of PVCs that are yet to be collected by their owners prompted the partnership between INEC and LASIEC so that such a huge number of eligible registered voters might not be disenfranchised in the forthcoming elections into the 57 Local Governments/ Local Council Development Areas of the State.

The distribution of the PVCs on five Saturdays, which has already commenced on April 22, 2017 will end on Saturday, 20th May, 2017.

Recall that the two electoral umpires agreed to collaborate during a meeting between top officials of both electoral bodies held recently at LASIEC Headquarters.