The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to introduce downloadable permanent voter cards (PVCs) for those who have misplaced or defaced their original cards.
Joash Amupitan, INEC chairman, spoke on Wednesday when Lanre
Issa-Onilu, director-general of National Orientation Agency (NOA), paid a
courtesy visit to the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
According to NAN, Amupitan said the new technology was part
of ongoing efforts to modernise Nigeria’s electoral processes ahead of the 2027
general election.
Amupitan said the downloadable PVC option will not be
automatic or open to firm-time registrants who have never collected a physical
card.
“It is not every PVC that is downloadable. You must have
gotten your PVC before and it must be that the PVC is lost, defaced or if you
cannot read your numbers there,” he said.
The INEC chairman noted that affected voters must formally
lodge a complaint at least 90 days before an election to enable the commission
to process the replacement.
Amupitan said the commission would pilot the downloadable
PVC technology during the off-cycle Osun governorship election in August.
He said INEC was finalising work on a technology that would
allow eligible citizens to complete their voter registration entirely online
without visiting INEC offices for physical biometric capture.
“We have also been working on the technology that is going
to make it possible for the registration of voters online without even having
to visit INEC local government or registration areas,” Amupitan said.
“So hopefully in the next few days, we will be testing it as
soon as the commission approves it.”
He added that the advancements were aimed at eliminating the
feeling of disenfranchisement among citizens and ensuring that everyone who
desired to register could do so seamlessly.
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