Abuja - The Independent
National Electoral Commission
(INEC) on Monday in Abuja said
that voters who did not collect
their Permanent Voter Cards
by December 2014, would be disenfranchised in the 2015
general elections.
The commission also called on
Nigerians not to lose hope in
its ability to deliver free, fair
and credible elections in 2015. The Director of Voter Registry
in INEC, Emmanuel Akem;
Director (Voter Education,
Publicity, Gender and CSOs),
Oluwole Uzzi; and the
commission’s Head of Department (FCT Voter
Education), Okezie Nwankwo,
made the appeal during a one-
day Town Hall meeting on the
continuous voter registration
and distribution of Permanent Voters Cards.
Akem said voters that just
registered would have their
PVCs in 30 days, adding that
the observations and
complaints by prospective voters were being addressed.
He said, “All potential voters
must have collected their PVCs
before December 2014, those
that did not collect theirs will
not vote in 2015. “We had technical support
deployed to the field to deal
with the breakdown of
machines during registration.
This, among other measures, is
being taken for the success of the exercise.”
Akem stated that although the
CVR had not commenced in the
local governments, they would
start the exercise as soon as
the three phases of the exercise were concluded
across the country.
Uzzi said Nigerians should not
leave it all alone for INEC as
their active participation
would make the work of the commission easier and
effective in the overall interest
of the nation.
Also speaking, the Head of
Research, Policy and Advocacy
of YIAGA, Samson Itodo, said the meeting was the third in
the series of such
engagements and would be a
continuous exercise.http://m.news24.com/nigeria/Politics/News/Voters-without-permanent-cards-wont-vote-20140902

Permanent voter card or not,just ensure the election is free and fair! That's all.