The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that no fewer than 253,774 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have not been collected in Adamawa.
The Commission also urged residents of the state who are yet to collect their PVCs to do so before the Jan. 22, closing date.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr Hudu Ari stated this on Wednesday in Yola at a stakeholders’ meeting preparatory to the 2023 general election.
“As at Jan. 10; we have 253,774 PVCs uncollected and elections days are fast approaching.
“The collection will end on Jan. 22.
“I call on all stakeholders to join in the crusade for enlightenment, awareness and sensitisation of our citizens to come out and collect their PVCs as no PVC will be collected on election day,” he said.
He said the Adamawa office of the Commission had received 4,104 Bimodal Voter Authentication System (BVAS) as part of its commitment to use technology to ensure credible, transparent accreditation processes and transmission of election result.
“We are currently testing the functionality, configuring and labeling the BVAS to ensure one man, one vote and all votes count,” he said.
The REC said that the Commission had published the first batch of 10,165 ad-hoc staff of the 10,932 applicants.
Also speaking, Sikiru Akande, the Commissioner of Police in the state commended political parties and other stakeholders for peaceful conduct of electioneering campaign.
“I thanked all stakeholders for playing the game according to the rules, so far and I want to urge everyone to continue to ensure that Adamawa remain peaceful.
“On our part, we will remain apolitical to allow you do your politics, but be rest assure that we will be fair to all,” he said.
On his part, Mr Sule Halliru, Deputy Director, Department of State Service (DSS) reitrated readiness of the Service to work with all stakeholders towards ensuring peaceful, free, fair and credible election in the state.
