INEC Deletes 2.7 Million Double Registrants, Says New PVCs Will Be Available For Collection By November

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yakubu Mahmood has revealed that 2.7 million double registrations were weeded out of the last Continuous Voters Registration exercise conducted by the commission.

Speaking on Tuesday October 11, at a National Endowment for Democracy event in Washington DC in the United States, Yakubu also said the new Permanent Voter Cards will be made available by November.

He also revealed that about 50% of the new PVCs are ready but yet to be distributed to collection centres.