The Independent National Electoral Commission says some persons may not be able to get their Permanent Voter’s Cards because they failed to do proper verification of their names when the voter register was displayed for complaints and objections.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Mike Igini, said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday.
He said sadly, the time for objections and complaints had closed and thus people who have issues may not be able to vote until after the elections in March.
Igini said, “We did as required by law, to display (of the register) for objections and claims. For instance, you should check if your name is on the register and if there are objections and issues raised. We did all of that.
“Regrettably, a number of our citizens as we have also had an interaction with some, didn’t even come forward to check whether their names were there when we brought out the preliminary register to check whether your name was there or missing during the time of the Continuous Voter Register. Many of them did not turn up.
“And we said look this exercise has been suspended for the time being and that can only happen after the general elections. There is another category of individuals including a prominent citizen who agreed that he had not been following up.”
The REC said even some people with Temporary Voter Cards would not be able to pick up their PVCs.
He added, “We have the complaint of some who have their TVC but cannot get their PVCs because when for example, we were doing that display for the purpose of correction, many people ought to have shown up to say look, this is what I have on my TVC, many of them didn’t turn up until now and unfortunately, the exercise has been suspended for the time being.”
