your name is on the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) voters’ register. The 2015
general election is close and if you are really
serious about carrying out your civic right of voting,
you should go and get your Permanent Voter Card
(PVC).
There have been cases of people who have
presented themselves for PVCs at INEC Nigeria
registration/pick-up centres but did not see their
names on the voters register. You don’t to go
through such stressful and time-wasting ordeal.
You can easily check if your name is on the register
before setting out to go and pick up your PVC.
How to check if your name is on INEC Voters
Register
The way to check if you are on the Register of
Voters is simply to send an SMS to dedicated lines
with the following information:
-State of registration,
-Surname,
-Last five or six digits of the VIN (i.e., Voter
Identification Number) on Temporary Voter
Card
As an example: Lagos, Ogundimu, 06782: please
ensure the coma in-between) and send to
08171646879.
Alternatively, you can also send the short message
with INEC (e.g.: INEC, Lagos, Salama, 06782) and
send to 20120.
I sent it without the commas though, and I still got
the response from the system. The instant
response gave me my full profile on the Register
and the polling unit number where I registered.
So where can I still pick up my PVC?
Yes! If a person is on the Register and has not been
able to obtain his / her PVC, he / she should go to
the relevant local government office of INEC where
distribution of the cards will continue daily till the
end of January 2015.
Share this message with your friends on Social
Media to make more people know about this. We all
have the right to vote. Thank you!

Shame on those who have brought delay to change.
Sai Buhari.