- ‘INEC to use face verification in 2023 elections’
A total of 62,680 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are awaiting collection by the owners fron the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Bauchi State office.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ibrahim Abdullahi, stated this today at a stakeholders engagement on election matters at the INEC office in Bauchi.
Abdullahi said, so far, only a total of 6000 PVCs have been distributed across the state, even as he appealed to all those who have registered to go to the nearest INEC office to confirm their status and collect their PVCs.
He warned against double registration saying that the commission, as at 13th May 2022, has registered a total of 175,177.
The commissioner lamented that the unclaimed PVCs piling in the INEC office in the state will amount to waste of efforts, resources and time if they remain unclaimed.
Abdullahi warned that all political parties in the state must strictly adhere to the guidelines of internal democracy as any defaulting party will be excluded in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.
He said the election guidelines, Electoral Acts and other regulations have been issued to the parties for the 31 state constituencies, 12 federal constituencies, and three senatorial districts including one governorship seat in the state.
He said the commission has evolved some innovations that will make the process smooth including face verification instead of thumb printing in order not to disenfranchise anyone including persons with disability.
