Clerics have called on the independent National Electoral Commission to boost effort in the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards and look for measures to curb vote-buying.
The clerics, who made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Monday, also urged the commission to ensure that results of elections released on time.
Rev.Fr. Innocent Ebuka, a Catholic priest of the Missionary Society of St. Paul, Lagos, said INEC needed to ensure all that registered voters get their PVCs ahead of the general elections in 2019.
“The objective of the PVC is that every registered voter gets his or her card, on time, so as to allow him or her exercise his or her franchise during elections.
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“Already, there are complaints over the collection of the cards, as many of the registered voters are unable to…
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