The Independent National Electoral Commission has extended the deadline for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards until Sunday, January 29, 2023.
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APC, INEC tango over Tinubu’s comment on electronic voting system
The Independent National Electoral Commission and the Publicity Committee of the All Progressives Congress are in a confrontation over comments credited to the party’s standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu during his media breifing at Chatham House in London expressing doubts over the credibility of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and Results Viewing Portal which will be deployed for the 2023 election
Read MoreINEC to commence PVC distribution Dec 12
As preparations for the 2023 general elections are picking on high gear, the Independent National Electoral Commission, on Friday, said that citizens who participated in the voters’ registration exercise ahead of the 2023 general elections would be able to collect their Permanent Voters Cards from December 12, 2022. This was disclosed in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja. According to the statement, the Commission met, on Thursday, December 1 2022, and deliberated on a number of issues, including the dates for the collection of Permanent Voters Cards nationwide.…
Read MoreCourt orders INEC to resume voters’ registration
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to immediately resume the continuous voter registration until 90 days before the 2023 general elections. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in the judgment, also directed INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians were not deprived the opportunity to have their voter’s card for the forthcoming poll. Justice Ekwo held that it was the constitutional responsibility of the electoral umpire to make adequate provision for the exercise in accordance with Nigerian laws. “The case of the plaintiffs succeeds on merit,” the…
Read More‘No plan to rig 2023 elections’ -INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has distanced itself from reports making the rounds that the Commission was planning to rig the 2023 general election by abandoning the direct and real-time electronic upload of polling unit results to the INEC Result Viewing portal by the Registration Area Technical Support Staff. This clarification was made known in a statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye on Friday. According to the statement, the IReV is one of the innovations introduced by the Commission to ensure…
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