The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano state has said that so far a total of 380,582 persons have registered for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), making the state second, behind Delta State, which has the highest number of registered persons in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the electoral commission also said that 40 per cent of those who participated in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in the state were discovered to have registered before.
INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Kano state, Prof Riskuwa Arabi Shehu disclosed this while briefing journalists on the ongoing CVR exercise in Kano, Thursday.
His words, “As at January 2022, about 40 per cent of those who registered in Kano State were found to have registered before.
“This scenario is in all the states of the federation. In fact, there were states that recorded over 50 percent illegal registration.”
Shehu said the Commission would continue to enlighten people to understand that the PVCs issued by the commission do not expire.
“There is no need for anybody with his/her PVC to register again because double registration is an offence as clearly enshrined in the Electoral Act 2022,” he said.
The INEC REC said following the upsurge in the number of prospective registrants, especially in the centres located within the metropolitan local government areas and the state office, the Commission had created an additional registration centre at the Sani Abacha Indoor Sports Complex at Kofar Mata.
He said adequate arrangements had been concluded to deploy 30 IVED machines and personnel to commence registration of eligible Nigerians from Tuesday, July 5, 2022.
On collection of the PVCs, Shehu said the INEC would continue to encourage all who registered to collect their PVCs in good time at respective local government offices of the Commission.
