INEC Urges Nigerians To Disregard Trending Narrative On Validation Of Voters’ Card
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has advised Nigerians to disregard the narrative trending on social media about revalidation of voters’ card that are registered that are registered in 2011.
The narrative equally explained that voters who did not revalidate their voters’ card, the new INEC Card reader for 2023 election will not be able to read it.
While urging members of the public to disregard the narrative, Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Lawrence Oyekanmi in a press statement sighted by NewsRangers confirmed that the Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) issued by INEC in 2011 and after can still be used by their respective owners to vote in all elections, including the upcoming Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council Elections, the Ekiti and Osun Governorship elections, as well as the 2023 General Election. He added that to be sure, PVCs issued in 2011 and after do not need any revalidation.
“It is also not true that the Commission will use the so called “New Card Reader” for the 2023 General Election.
“What the Commission intends to use is a multi-purpose gadget , known as the INEC Voter Enrolment Device (IVED). It is currently being used for the physical registration of voters. During an election, it will facilitate the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), which provides for both fingerprint and facial authentication .
“The device will also be used to upload individual polling unit election results to the INEC Result Viewing portal (IReV) in real time on election day.
“The general public should therefore disregard the fake news making the rounds that the PVCs issued in 2011 need revalidation. There is no need to revalidate any PVC issued by INEC for election purposes,” the statement affirmed.
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on Jan 22 2022. Filed under National.
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