The
Independent National Electoral Commission has extended the collection
of the Permanent Voter Cards in Plateau State by three days or 72 hours.
Deputy
Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Mr. Osaretin Imahiyereobo,
told our correspondent in Jos on Monday that the action was to enable
those who have not collected their PVCs to do so.
He
said that the commission received more cards last week, a situation he
said made it imperative to extend the collection in the state.
Imahiyereobo
said that the commission was set to go for the election on Saturday, as
all the card reader machines have been fully and completely charged and
would be moved to all the local governments by Monday (yesterday).
According
to him, the commission has trained technical ad hoc staff to man the
machines while all the collation and returning officers were being
trained at the University of Jos on what to do during and after the
election.
The INEC spokesman said that nobody else can use the card reader machines, except those who have the password.
He
said that adequate arrangements have been made for the starter of all
INEC materials before they were deployed to use, adding that the
electoral materials were being sorted out at the Jos branch of the
Central Bank of Nigeria where all the sensitive materials were received.
Meanwhile,
it was a chaotic situation when our correspondent visited the INEC
office, along Zaria Road in Jos North. A sea of human heads were all
gathered waiting and struggling to get their PVCs."
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