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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the period of collection of Permanent Voters Cards by three days.
The collection was initially scheduled to end today Friday, February 8, 2019 but the commission announced this afternoon that it has been extended nationwide to Monday February 11, 2019, to include Saturday and Sunday.
The collection of the cards will take place from 9am to 6pm daily.
INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu has directed all state offices are to review the procedure for the collection and dedicate all the staff of the Local Government offices to the process.
He revealed that PVCs uncollected after the deadline will be withdrawn from INEC offices and deposited at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).