The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that there will be no other means of identification for voting in the elections.
INEC National Commissioner Festus Okoye stated this while receiving IT facilities from Community Life Project (CLP) and Ford Foundation in support of the INEC Citizens Contact Centre (ICCC) on Thursday in Abuja.
He warned Nigerians without Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to stay away from the polling units on Election Day.
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Okoye, also the commission Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, restated that no other means of identification would be used on Election Day, other than the PVC.
The Chairman explained that the development matched the Electoral Act Section 47, subsection 1.
He said:
“As Nigerians go to the polling units on Election Day, we want to point out that it is a mandatory provision of the Electoral Act that every citizen who wants to vote in the coming election must have a PVC.
“It is a mandatory requirement of Section 47, subsection 1 of the Electoral Act.
“So, individuals that do not have the PVC are not required to approach any of our polling units.
“No individual is permitted to go to the polling units and provide any other means of identification other than the PVC.”
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