President Goodluck Jonathan, today, Wednesday, January 7, 2015 called on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega to make sure they provide the Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVC to every eligible Nigerian who registered to vote ahead of the general elections.
This according to Vanguard reports was disclosed by President Jonathan during the swearing in ceremony of a new national Commissioner of INEC, representing Oyo state.
The INEC boss assured that all eligible Nigerian electorates would receive their PVC’s before the general elections billed to take place in February, 2015.President Jonathan said the attitude of the electorates depicted that there was huge hope for the restoration of confidence in the electoral process of the nation.
President Jonathan said, “Nigerians are getting worried whether INEC can actually conduct elections because of the PVC. Talking about the PVC, even some governors are complaining that they are yet to get their PVC. If governors are yet to get their voter’s cards, of course that means that so many Nigerians are yet to get and people are a bit worried.
“But to me I’m quite pleased, not pleased in the negative sense, but because of the awareness that has come on; that Nigerians want to have their voter’s cards. In 2011, no Nigerian will complain about voter’s card and that’s why when some politicians talk I just laugh. Before 2011 how many Nigerians complained about not having voter’s card because elections were not conducted with voter’s cards. Nobody cared, we are all adults in Nigeria and we knew what was happening.
