“We still have about 1.38 million Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) uncollected as we speak. Only about 15 per cent of the 2017 new registrants whose cards have been produced has come to pick their cards.” That was from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos state.

It was over 86,000 left unpicked in Plateau state, while Osun state has over 400,000 PVCs uncollected, even at the dawn of the September elections in the state.

Nigeria has adopted to use some kind of access card to vote in our elections, and that has been refined over the years up till the introduction of Permanent Voters Card currently being used. It remains the only tool that can allow anyone to vote in elections.

But in spite of the PVC’s prominent role in the electoral process, with reference to citizens’ constant yearnings for good governance, millions of electorate, who have registered with INEC have yet to collect their cards, even though the elections are already at hand.

INEC’s data shows that out of about 180 million Nigerians, 84,271,832 citizens are registered voters, a 21 per cent increase from the 69,720,350 voters who registered before the recent continuous voters’ registration exercise which ended on August 31.

Such an unprecedented high number of electorates could be expected to effect some radical change. However, INEC’s confirmation that over 10 million PVCs https://qwenu.com/2018/12/19/slow-rate-of-pvc-collection-a-sign-of-a-failing-electoral-system/