The Independent National Electoral Commission has scheduled May for the commencement of nationwide distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
This would be followed by the commencement of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in the same month.
According to the commission, the exercise would be in three phases.
The first phase consists of ten states- Taraba, Gombe, Zamfara, Kebbi, Benue, Kogi, Abia, Enugu, Akwa-Ibom and Bayelsa.
The distribution of voter cards will begin with the aforementioned states May 23-25 2014, while fresh voters registration exercise has been slated for May 28 to June 1.
The decision to stagger the voters’ registration exercise and the distribution of PVCs was reached at the commission’s meeting on April 17.
The electoral body noted that the decision was informed by its recent experience of similar exercise in Ekiti and Osun States.
The electoral body is however yet to release dates for the outstanding phases.
