INEC’s position is that the PVC is a legal requirement for voting and the Commission to buttress this point rested firmly on Section 47(1) of the Electoral Act 2022 which provides that:

“a person intending to vote in an election shall present himself with his voter’s card to a Presiding Officer for accreditation at the Polling Unit in the constituency in which his name is registered.”

In this article, Jesse Nwaenyo, Esq talks about the rights of the Nigerians who registered but were not issued PVC by INEC

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