The outgoing Resident Electoral Commissioner in Borno State, Professor Tukur Sa’ad on Friday, January 9, 2015 announced that the forthcoming distribution of Permanent Voters Card (PVC) in the state by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) scheduled to from Saturday, January 10, 2015 to Friday, January 15, 2015 would hold in only two of the 27 local governments – Maiduguri and Jere – as a result of the high level of insecurity currently being experienced in the state.
The exercise had been earlier scheduled to start on Friday, January 9, 2015.
“The issuance of PVC to registered voters and the CVR will take place in Maiduguri and Jere LGA considered relatively safe now. PVC is like an ATM card that will not allow an individuals to vote more than once in an election and the CVR is for individuals who have attained voter age or those whose names were missing in the voters register,” Sa’ad said.
Sa’ad further explained that INEC was working with security agents so as to conduct the exercise in local governments like Biu and Shani which were relatively safe.
