The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has further extended the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) until Sunday, March 22nd, 2015.
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The two weeks extension is to enable the electoral body complete the distribution of the cards.
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Secretary to the Commission, Mrs Augusta Ogakwu who made the announcement in Abuja said that the extension will finally avail every registered voter, yet to collect his/her PVC, the opportunity to do so in readiness for the general elections.
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The commission said on that it has succeeded in distributing 80.24 per cent of the Permanent Voter Cards to their owners.
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This figure indicated that 55,232,874 out of the 68,833,476 registered voters had picked their PVCs.