The chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, Mr. Yinusa Tanko, has urged the Federal Government to declare a public holiday to help Nigerians collect their permanent voter cards.

Tanko made the call during a telephone interview with our reporter on Thursday, after he and other party leaders had met with the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega.

“The challenge is that so many people are finding it difficult to leave their places of work to chase PVCs. Some of the places where the (collection) offices are, are far from where people are domiciled. If there is a general holiday, people would know that the day is for the collection of the PVC and they would spare time to go and collect it,” Tanko said.

The permanent voter cards are issued to potential voters who registered during an exercise that lasted for months. But collection has been hampered by poor logistics and chaos at collection points.

Tanko warned that the poor collection record could have an adverse effect on Nigeria’s democracy.

He said, “It is important for us to have this election. We can’t afford to go back to the (era of) June 12 when we had an election and the military truncated it. Therefore, we (the parties) have developed an attitude that says let’s find a solution to the problem.

“People were disenchanted with INEC before but the level of commitment shown by INEC gives room for a lot of hope. People didn’t understand that when you register and your name doesn’t appear in the register, then you haven’t registered. You would have to register again.”

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Me no mind oh

How will they do that when PDP is desperately looking for opportunity to postpone the election....as they are smelling imminent defeat.

Onota:
How will they do that when PDP is desperately looking for opportunity to postpone the election....as they are smelling imminent defeat.

your life is getting stale daily

Yes we need holiday to collect our pvc

Exactly! #GiveUsPublicHoliday

space booked..

No need for any holiday. Just station INEC personnel or Youth corpers in various registration centres from now till two days before the elections so that people can collect their PVC.

We don't need holiday at all bcs APC state are highly in collecting of their pcv,i don't want PDP to collect theirs

buhari is ok

Nairalanders suggested it first.

Abi so everyone can get...

Ok

I will get mine today and make GEJ stays

Quote me and live long

handelex:
space booked..

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How many times they wan give public holiday

mtprofessor5:
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J for What
Jump or Juju

This is better. If declaring holiday is not possible then they should allow people to vote with their temporary VCs..

But they wont, they want to postpone the elections

See uncle Jona, if u like postpone the election for 1 year, buhari will still defeat you at the polls, you are fighting an already lost battle, you wasted 6 precious years of this country siphoning and sucking our reserves dry accompanied with corrupt practices, you cant save yourself now, start with your travel arrangements back to otuoke asap

Make I hear say I go collect ma own

People wan take things

We don hear.. But the problem be say me no go even go to any polling unit that very day...


[size=20pt]After all, after elections, na selection we go see[/size].... ..

. proudly E_politician

concur

OK thanks

Seun:
Nairalanders suggested it first.

Seun are u sure ?

adrainuche:



J for What
Jump or Juju

Modified

Don't forget " to travel u hav to book first"

One week more should be enough for people to pick up thEir PVC

What have they been doing all these years?

True talk cos most people haven't got theirs. I can't leave my daily business for any PVC whatsoever.




Noted and forwarded to Reno Omokri

Many wi use the public holiday to transact business while some wi use it as an opportunity. Why PDP always scared sef no holiday pls