We Will Use PVCs For Ekiti, Osun Guber – INEC

                                                                                     The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said it would use the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for the Ekiti State governorship election on June 21, 2014, and the Osun State governorship election on August 9, 2014.
The commission, however, clarified that it will not deploy card readers
for the governorship elections but that card readers will be used along with PVCs for the 2015 general election.
The chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, Kayode Idowu, explained that a report in the media had misrepresented acting INEC chairman, Dr Ishmael Igbani as having said card readers will be deployed for the governorship elections.
Kayode said “What the acting chairman said was that PVCs, and not Temporary Voter Cards (TVCs) that were issued in 2011 and during the recent Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the two states, will be used for the imminent governorship elections, while card readers will be deployed in 2015. This is in line with the commission’s programme to incrementally fortify the electoral process against age-long susceptibility to abuses.
“PVCs were distributed simultaneously in Ekiti and Osun states from Friday, 7th March, 2014 to Sunday, 9th March, 2014, preparatory to the governorship elections. CVR was also conducted in the two states from Wednesday, 12th March, 2014 to Monday, 17th March, 2014.