The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) across the country by additional two weeks. The extension, according to Kayode Idowu, the chief press secretary to INEC chairman will continue until March 22nd 2015, superseding the earlier deadline of March 08th 2015.
“This latest extension offers the last opportunity for duly registered persons to collect their PVCs before the general elections scheduled for March 28th and April 11th, 2015. “INEC hereby calls on registered persons that are yet to collect their PVCs to use this last opportunity in doing so, in order to participate in the forthcoming general elections. For the third time in six weeks, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced an extension of the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
On February 1, 2015, INEC made its first extension of deadline for PVC collection. Originally scheduled for Saturday January 31, 2015, collection was then to end on until Sunday February 8, 2015. On February 9, following the postponement of the elections, INEC again extended the deadline for PVC collection by four more weeks until March 8, 2015.
