Interfaith group, clerics raise alarm over denial of citizens PVCs
AN interfaith group, yesterday, raised the alarm over alleged deliberate denial of citizens their Permanent Voters Card, PVCs based on ethnic or partisan considerations. The group said such deliberate action is an indication of manipulations to disenfranchise citizens that registered to vote in the 2023 general elections. Briefing journalists in Abuja, the group, ‘Community Life Project/ReclaimNaija’ in collaboration with religious leaders observed that there are sundry lapses in preparation for the forthcoming general elections and urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, “to get it right at the various stages and processes from pre-election to Election Day”. It also advised INEC to allay the heightening fear that a large percentage of the over six million voters without PVC will be disenfranchised. The alarm came barely 24 hours after the electoral umpire raised fresh fears that the forthcoming general elections faced s...