Permanent Voter's Card (PVC) or even difficulty in locating collection
centres, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has
decided to engage the services of the All New 7411 National Directory
Service.
According to PM News, INEC's director of voters education and
publicity, Barrister Oluwole Uzzi, said in a chat with the media that
sourcing such information from the Commission through the directory
via telephone calls will cost N12/minute as approved by NCC, which it
noted is not more than the normal call rate in the country,"making it
affordable to all to call at no extra charges to the caller."
In explaining the modality of operation in a letter to the Bureau of
7411 directory and signed by the secretary to the commission, Mrs.
Augusta C. Ogakwu, the commission said that all information
disseminated to Nigerians via 7411 national directory service shall be
accurately sourced from official sources only.
Commending INEC for having faith in 7411 directory and for engaging
its services, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Bureau
of 7411 directory, Okeowo Desmond Olasubomi applauded INEC for its
support so far.
Okeowo noted that his team will ensure as part of his company's
corporate social responsibility to Nigerians that 7411 Bureau of
Information will continue to"do our best in helping Nigerians get to
their desired destinations correctly."
Okeowo added that"when Nigerians dial 7411, they can locate collection
points of their PVC cards and voting centres, and thousands of
frequently asked questions and telephones directory of INEC's offices
and hotlines have been uploaded and will be shared daily with
Nigerians as they dial 7411 on a 24hrs. basis speaking their preferred
languages."
It will be recalled that Jega reiterated his promised that the
commission will meet Nigerians' aspiration for free, fair and credible
elections during a meeting with the 37 Resident Electoral
Commissioners in Abuja.
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