CLO Commends INEC Over Extension Of Voters’ Cards Collection
By Julie Sylvia
Civil Liberties Organization, CLO, Anambra State branch has commended Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the extension of the period for the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs, by registrants.
The CLO State chairman, Evangelist Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, and secretary, Chidi Mbah, while making the commendation, recalled that CLO has been at the forefront of the demand for an extension of the deadline for PVC collection given complaints by many registrants yet to collect their PVCs.
In a press release, tagged “when a leader is right, be with him, if he is still right stay with him, when he is wrong to advise and criticise him”, the duo said INEC was right in extending voters’ cards collection, stating it is no longer news and new that many registrants especially in the Southeast, are yet to collect their PVC due to difficulties encounter by registrants.
“The INEC officials should address all the complaints, difficulties, predicaments and lamentations encounter by registrants especially in Southeast so that the extension will achieve the aims and objectives of INEC in extending voters’ collection of the PVCs.
“Citizens should properly and adequately utilizes the rare and unique opportunity provided by the extension to collect their PVCs.
They should be alive to their civic rights and responsibilities and report to security agents anyone demanding monetary inducements or gratifications before voters’ cards collection.
The Federal Government and INEC have made it crystal clear that registration and collection of PVC is free throughout the country without exception. It is incumbent upon the citizens to help government in that regard by reporting those violating government directive to the appropriate authority.
“Remember your vote is your power, your complaints about bad leadership can only be corrected with your vote not with destructive criticisms. We equally appeal to INEC to rekindle people’s hope and faith in the electoral process by ensuring free, fair, peaceful, credible and generally acceptable elections”, they pleaded.
