CSOS DEMAND EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR PVC COLLECTION


 


By Our Reporters

Civil society organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for extension of the deadline for the collection of permanent voter cards (PVC).

The CSOs group demanding for the extension deadline for collection of PVCs include EIE Nigeria, YIAGA Africa, Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), Fix Politics, Women Advocates and Research Development Centre (WARDC), ConnectHub, Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI), and The Electoral College Nigeria.

INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, on June 25 , said PVCs would be ready for collection in October.

Moreso, INEC national commissioner on publicity and voter education,Barr. Festus Okoye announced that cards for those registered between January 16 and June 30 will be ready in October, while cards for those who registered in July will be ready in November.

The commission had, however, later fixed December 12, 2022, to January 22, 2023, as the dates for the collection of PVCs in all the 774 LGAs.

The CSOs in their joint statement noted that several Nigerians who visited INEC’s offices around the country have been told that their cards are not ready.

“In addition, in some places where cards are available, registered voters express frustration with the disorderliness and cumbersome nature of the PVC collection process,” the statement reads.

The CSOs, therefore, asked INEC to create a dedicated desk to escalate the issues for quick resolution and to create a mechanism to report INEC officials engaged in extortion or deliberately sharing misleading information to disenfranchise voters.

“Contact ALL citizens that were deleted due to double registration or any other issue so they do not waste time and resources looking for their PVCs. For those whose new registration was deleted and the old one retained, contact them so they know the correct location to pick up their PVCs,” the CSOs said.

“Make public the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for PVC collection as the public is unaware of its contents.

“Following the launch of the new designs on November 23, 2022, the new currency notes are to be circulated from December 15, 2022, with both the new and existing notes considered legal tender until January 31, 2023. Thereafter, only the new notes will be legal tender.

“Bank charges on cash deposits have been suspended to facilitate the transition.

“While periodic currency redesigns are normal internationally and the naira does appear to be due for it, since naira notes have not been redesigned for two decades, the timing of and short transition period for this demonetisation may have negative impacts on economic activity, in particular for the poorest households.

“International experience suggests that rapid demonetisations can generate significant short-term costs, with small-scale businesses, and poor and vulnerable households, potentially being particularly affected due to being liquidity-constrained and heavily reliant on day-to-day cash transactions.

At present, households and firms already face elevated financial pressures from prolonged, high inflation, recently compounded by external food and fuel price shocks, and the severe floods, and phasing out existing naira notes over a short time period may add to their challenges.”

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