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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that the nationwide collection of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, will commence on October 9, 2026.
INEC Chairman, Professor Joash Amupitan, disclosed this on Monday in Kaduna during the North-West Zonal Interactive Meeting with staff and readiness assessment for the 2027 general election.
Amupitan said the recent voter registration exercise recorded more than 10.7 million new registrations across the country.
He added that the commission was taking steps to ensure eligible voters could collect their cards ahead of the 2027 elections.
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He called for the elimination of PVC distribution bottlenecks at the Local Government Area level to prevent the disenfranchisement of eligible citizens.
In the same vein, he disclosed that INEC was refining its technological systems, including voter verification and result transmission processes, as well as its Result Management Systems, including the recently introduced eEC8A.
The commission, he said, was also implementing a ‘Zero-Failure’ approach to logistics, covering early deployment of materials, movement, security coordination and training of ad-hoc personnel.
