62,680 PVCs unclaimed in Bauchi – REC

From Ahmad Muhammad, Bauchi 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Bauchi State office has lamented that a total of 62,680 Permanent Voter Card (PVC) are laying unclaimed in its vault  awaiting collection by the owners. 

Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ibrahim Abdullahi stated this today at a stakeholders engagement on election matters in the state held at the INEC office in Bauchi.

Abdullahi said that so far, only a total of 6000 PVCs have been distributed across State appealing to all those who have registered to go to the nearest INEC office to confirm their status and collect their PVCs. 

He warned against double registration saying that the Commission as at 13th May 2022 has registered a total of 175,177.

The Commissioner lamented that the unclaimed PVCs piling in the INEC office in the state will amount to waste of efforts, resources and time if they remain unclaimed.

Abdullahi warned that all political parties in the state must strictly adhere to the guide lines of internal democracy as any defaulting party will be excluded in the forth coming 2023 general election.

He said that , the election guidelines, Electoral Acts and other regulations have been issued to the parties for the 31 state Constituencies, 12 federal Constituencies, and 3 Senatorial districts including one  governorship seat in the state. 

The Commissioner  said that the Commission has evolved some innovations that will make the process smooth including face Verification instead of thumb printing in order not to disenfranchise anyone including persons with disability.