INEC and PVC Update : six million uncollected to be destroyed

INEC and PVC Update : six million uncollected to be destroyed

Nigeria’s electoral body, INEC also known as (Independent National Electoral Commission) is proposing to destroy uncollected PVCs within ten years. According to the commission, the policy will help filter the Voter’s management system and in return increase efficiency and productivity.

INEC and PVC Update

This suggestion was among 208 proposals arising from the commission’s review of the 2023 general elections.

The utility of the PVC is now limited to voter identification. It is therefore possible to identify voters using their registration slips which obviates the need for PVCs, the cost of producing them, the logistics for their distribution and the fact that voters without them are unable to vote, thus raising serious issues of disenfranchisement. With the BVAS, voters can be identified using their registration slips otherwise known as the Temporary Voter’s Card and accredited biometrically without the need for a plastic PVC.