The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would on Monday start distributing Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) to newly registered eligible voters in Lagos State, its spokesman, Femi Akinbiyi, has said.
“Definitely on Monday, we are going to start the distribution of PVCs at the INEC offices in the 20 local government areas of the state.
“The available cards now are only for those who registered in 2017 and that is from the inception of the exercise in April 2017 to December 2017.
“We are still expecting more cards; other cards will be made available later, especially for those who registered in the first quarter of 2018 and those currently registering,” Akinbiyi said.
He said that the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr Sam Olumekun, had on Thursday met with local INEC officials on modality for distribution of the PVCs in their respective council areas.
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