2023 Elections: Nigerians Troop to Get PVCs in Top Southwest State, Send Strong Message to INEC

• Nigerians are sure not relaxing as the forthcoming 2023 general elections draw nearer
• Electorates have taken time out of their busy schedules to ensure they get their voter's card, PVC before the deadline
• Interestingly, some electorates have urged INEC to make the collection of their PVCs easy by hiring more hands to assist in various areas across the state and beyond, while noting that the commission is obviously understaffed

In less than two months, the electorates will be heading to the polls at various units to choose their next leader.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that over 93 million Nigerians have registered to vote in the elections.

Residents in the Lagos metropolis shared their assessment of the collection process as they picked your their Permanent Voters Card (PVC).

At Isheri Junior Grammar School, Isheri, Lagos state, quite a number of people were seen trying to get their PVC and after undergoing clearance by INEC staff to ascertain their registration areas, they shared their assessment thus:

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Resident reacts

"I feel that if you come at 8:30 am as I came, I should be able to get number because they are supposed to start at 9:00 am, and they didn't come until 9:45 am, and at 8:30am, they collected only 300 numbers and i was late at 8:30am," A resident lamented.

Another resident speaks

The story is almost the same at the Government Technical College Lagos, Agidingbi, as some prefer solutions to hitches observed, Channels Television reported.

"What I experienced when I came to this location in the morning was that they arranged well, they wrote some names, and aided transfer and collection of the PVC. So they mapped out two lines, transfer lines and collection lines."

"So, the prices here was normal, the INEC staffs performed excellently," A resident who pleaded anonymity told the news medium.

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A peaceful exercise, a resident says

Another resident noted that the atmosphere was peaceful and the people conducted themselves properly.

She said,

"I was here as early as 5:00am in the morning, no stress, no fight, i did the collection of the list. writing down their names."

A message for INEC

Meanwhile, another resident who seems to be having a bad time with the slow pace of the card collection has sent a message to the nation's electoral umpire, INEC.

"I feel that INEC, being a government institution, should be more organised in the disbursement of the cards. I don't know what's currently happening but I can see that they are somewhat understaffed.

"One person cannot be sharing cards for people that are doing transfer and people that are collecting their PVCs."

Although there are many Nigerians who are unaware of the appropriate place to pick their PVCs, information on various collection points and relevant dates have been provided on INEC's website to guide potential voters and make the process hitch-free.

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2023 election to be postponed? Finally, those who do not want the polls to hold have been exposed

Festus Keyamo, the minister of state for Labour and Employment and lead spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, has said those who do not want the 2023 election to hold are not politicians.

Speaking in an interview with The Guardian, the APC stalwart, said those who are against the realisation of the 2023 election are non-state actors.

According to Keyamo, the threat has been there before the election, because these non-state actors don't believe in the existence of Nigeria as a nation.

Finally, DSS apprehends plotters of attack on Imo INEC office, gang leader revealed

In another development, the Department of State Services (DSS) has made a major step towards restoring peace and stability in Imo state.

According to reports, the Imo state chapter of the security outfit has successfully arrested the mastermind of the INEC HQ attack in Imo state.

The DSS said it will continue to strengthen its operatives to ensure there is absolute law and order in the state.

Source: Legit.ng