INEC, NDDC team up for voter education

As preparations for the 2015 general elections gather momentum, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stepped up its sensitisation campaign, as it gets set to commence the distribution of the permanent voter’s card (PVC) in 4,442 polling units in Rivers State.

In line with this, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Aniedi Ikoiwak, recently led a team of INEC principal officers to the headquarters of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in Port Harcourt to brief the NDDC management on its activities and seek support for its voter education efforts.

Ikoiwak said the essence of the visit was to solicit the support and participation of corporate bodies in the distribution of voter cards in the state. He urged eligible voters to come out en masse to collect their cards from their polling units across the state, from Friday, November 7 to 9. The INEC commissioner said a continuous voter registration exercise has been scheduled for the 319 registration wards in the state, from November 13 to 17.

He warned that nobody would be allowed to collect the card by proxy and advised all voters to go to their polling units and make sure that they get their cards, because without it one would not be allowed to vote.

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the NDDC, Bassey Dan-Abia, commended INEC for reviewing its activities and coming up with new systems that would promote the growth of democracy in the country. According to the NDCC chief, “With the new system being introduced by INEC, the days of ‘carry go’ are gone for good. Transformation is not just for the President or the Federal Government, it is for all of us, to improve on our systems and services,” he said.

Source: dailyindependent