INEC Declares 14,000 PVCs Missing In Rivers

About14,000 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs have been declared missing by
the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Rivers state.

Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mrs Gesila Khan who
disclosed this yesterday in Port Harcourt, said some of the missing
cards were stolen at the local government collection centers where
they were kept to be distributed.

While appealing to those with the cards to return them, the state INEC
boss said there was no way they could be of use to those holding them
illegally. According to her, the electoral body was going to use a new
device called card readers to identify owners of PVC before they can
be used to vote.

Continuing, she said the number of missing PVCs in Rivers was the
highest in the country.

" Am appealing to Rivers people because we have lost a lot of cards.
We have lost more than 14,000 PVCs and it's one of the highest figures
in the federation".

All the cards that are being snatched are useless and meaningless
because we are going to use a new system called card readers. Your
card readers are just like ATM cards. You take it there and they slot
it into the card reader to confirm if it is yours before you are
allowed to vote".

So, if you go there with another person's voter's card, it is
meaningless. So, I am advising those of you with other peoples' cards
to return them to the local government offices so that the rightful
owners can collect them so that they can participate in the general
election.

"Polling officer will on the presentation of the PVC by an electorate
be slotted into the card reader to confirm if it belongs to you. The
next stage is the confirmation of your finger prints by the card
reader before you are allowed to vote."

If you go to the polling booth with someone else's voters' card, you
would not be able to vote because each card is unique and can only be
authenticated by the real owner. The PVC's are meaningless to those
who have stolen them".
--Vanguard