PVCs distribution: SOKAPU accuses INEC of compromise in Kaduna | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

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SOKAPU, therefore, urged INEC to immediately wade into the problems surrounding the issuance of PVCs in order not to discredit the outcome of the polls. He added: “Southern Kaduna must take advantage of the 2022 Amended Electoral Act, which has added much integrity to future elections in Nigeria. “Our members should also lay official complaints to INEC in areas where the collection of the PVCs has been deliberately made difficult. And the situation which Southern Kaduna, and indeed the entire Nigeria has found itself, every of our members that is of voting age cannot afford to show indifference. “Therefore, we call on all our members, home and outside Kaduna State, to do everything legally permissible to collect their PVCs and get ready for the 2023 general election.
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