BREAKING NEWS: Nigeria no longer needs PVCs for elections –Yiaga Africa
Politics tamfitronics Samson Itodo, the executive director of Yiaga Africa, has said with the introduction of the Bi-Modal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS), there is no need to use Permanent Voters Card (PVC) during elections.>>>CONTINUE FULL READING HEREHe disclosed this while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics about the forthcoming Edo and Ondo governorship elections later in the year.Itodo said BIVAS should have cancelled out the use of PVC in the country’s elections, calling for electoral laws to be updated to capture the new realities.He raised a concern that most of the 269,000 intending voters who recently registered might not get their PVCs before the elections in Edo and Ondo.He posited that once a voter has any means of identification be it National Identity Card, driving licence or passport, and their name is on the register,...
