The Director stated that registered voters who are yet to collect their PVCs are encouraged to take advantage of this extended window to do so.
With less than two weeks to the November 8 Anambra State governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the ongoing collection of the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) in Anambra to November 2.
The Commission stated that the extension is to enable eligible voters to collect their cards.
This was contained in a statement by the Director, Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, Victoria Eta-Messi on Monday in Awka.
She said, “The INEC has approved the extension of the ongoing collection of PVC in Anambra from October 29 to November 2.
“The decision was reached at a meeting of the Commission held on October 27, following several appeals from citizens and stakeholders requesting additional time to enable eligible voters to collect their cards.”
The Director stated that registered voters who are yet to collect their PVCs are encouraged to take advantage of this extended window to do so. They are to visit the designated collection centres across the 326 Registration Areas (Wards) in the State for the collection.
Eta-Messi noted that the exercise covered persons who registered during the recent Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the State.
According to her, the collection of the PVCs must be in person, as no collection by proxy would be allowed.
The major political parties taking part in the election are the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, All Progressives Congress, APC, Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The incumbent Governor, Charles Chukwuma Soludo is seeking a reelection for second term.