The INEC official added that the daily duration of the exercise was also extended from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Mr Onuoha stated that the PVC collection exercise would be conducted side-by-side with the CVR exercise, which is also scheduled for May 27.
“Let me reiterate that the CVR is only open to new registrants and those who seek to transfer their registration.”
The INEC chairman announced that the commission had received 216 case files related to the 2023 general elections.
Mr Wariowei, said that the 522,000 uncollected PVCs comprised both the old and the new ones.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Shehu Garki, said in Minna on Thursday that the PVCs are ready for collection across the 25 local government areas (LGAs) of the state.
INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said this at the third quarterly meeting with political parties for 2022 on Wednesday in Abuja.
INEC was reacting to claims by some Nigerians that they were denied the opportunity to complete their online pre-registration during the CVR.
PDP is accusing the state government of complicity in alleged irregularities in the CVR list for Omuma Ward, which is Governor Hope Uzodimma’s place.
Citing “double, multiple and ineligible” registration, the commission delisted 1,126,359″ new registrants between June 2021 and January 2022.
