{"id":232137,"date":"2022-12-01T06:39:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T05:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=232137"},"modified":"2022-12-01T06:39:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T05:39:55","slug":"2023-election-inec-reacts-to-claims-people-can-vote-without-pvc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/01\/2023-election-inec-reacts-to-claims-people-can-vote-without-pvc\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 election: INEC reacts to claims people can vote without PVC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to statement making the rounds that people can vote even without a permanent voters card (PVC). <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an induction retreat for new resident electoral commissioners (INEC) in Lagos on Wednesday, Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said such information is misleading and false. <\/p>\n<p>Mahmood said the statement is untrue, adding that a citizen must be a registered voter issued with a PVC to be able to vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe commission has consistently maintained the policy of \u201cno PVC, no voting\u201d. Nothing has changed. It is a legal requirement and doing otherwise will be a violation of the law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI appeal to Nigerians to ignore any suggestion to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, section 47(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 provides that a person intending to vote in an election shall present himself with his voter\u2019s card to a presiding officer for accreditation at the polling unit in the constituency in which his name is registered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, the position of the law is clear. The PVC remains a mandatory requirement for voting during elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on recent attacks on INEC offices, the chairman also said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/01\/attacks-on-our-offices-if-sustained-could-hamper-2023-election-inec\/\">there\u2019s a limit to its ability to keep replacing destroyed election materials<\/a> before the 2023 polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to statement making the rounds that people can vote even without a permanent voters card (PVC). Speaking at an induction retreat for new resident electoral commissioners (INEC) in Lagos on Wednesday, Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said such information is misleading and false. 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