The Independent National Electoral Commission has extended the collection of the Permanent Voter Cards by one week.This was disclosed by the National Commissioner and Chairman,Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye ,on Saturday.
The statement read, “The Commission met today, Saturday, 29th January 2023 a day after its meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners from the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal capital Territory, Abuja and deliberated on a number of issues, including the reports from RECs on the ongoing collection of Permanent Voters Cards in its 774 Local Government Offices nationwide.”
“Arising from reports from the various States and discussions with Resident Electoral Commissioners, the Commission has decided to further extend PVC collection in all its Local Government Offices nationwide by an additional one week.The ongoing collection of PVCs nationwide will therefore continue and end on 5th February 2023.“This is the second time the Commission is extending PVC collection nationwide and this will be the last extension of the exercise. Collection period has further been extended by an additional two hours and will start at 9am and end at 5pm daily including Saturdays and Sundays.“Those that engaged in double and multiple registration should not bother visiting any of the Commission’s Offices as the Commission did not print their PVCs.“The Commission will continue to act on all reported cases of sharp practices during the ongoing PVC collection and will ensure that no Nigerian is disadvantaged and all those that carried out valid registration have an opportunity of collecting their PVCs.“The Commission once again salutes the patience and doggedness of citizens,”it read. 
So far, this would be the second time the commission is extending the collection of PVCs due to the progress recoded.
