The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Bayelsa State, has commenced the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, to eligible voters at the INEC headquarters and 15 residential areas and wards across the state.
Gits Villa gathered that the distribution of about 33,606 cards, which started on Monday 11th September, will last for a month before the gubernatorial election of November 11.
Briefing newsmen at the Prof. Mahmood Yakubu Media Centre, INEC, Yenagoa, the State’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Barr. Obo Effanga, said the collection will be at the local government areas, however, registration areas with more than 500 uncollected PVCs will be open for eligible voters to also retrieve theirs.
