CVR: INEC deletes 2.7 million double registrants, says PVCs ready November

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said new Permanent Voter Cards will be ready by November.

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu

INEC Chairman Prof Mahmoud Yakubu said this at a National Endowment for Democracy event in Washington DC in the United States.

According to Yakubu, 2.7 million double registrations were deleted from the last Continuous Voters Registration exercise conducted by the commission.

According to him, about 50% of the new PVCs are ready but yet to be distributed to collection centres.