The CLO boss, however, warned that if urgent and immediate steps were not taken, the voting strength of the entire South-East would be below expectations.
INEC had earlier announced December 12, 2022, to January 22, 2023, for the collection of PVCs ahead of the 2023 general election.
INEC has fixed December 12, 2022, till January 22, 2023, as the dates for PVC collection in all its 774 LG offices nationwide.
The exercise in Benin was characterised by complaints of slow process and unavailability of some voters’ cards.
The INEC chief said the commission will not allow anyone to vote during the 2023 general elections without presenting his/her PVCs at polling centres.
They raised the concerns on Thursday during a stakeholders’ meeting organised by INEC in Lagos State, on collection of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
Would-be voters can collect their PVCs at INEC’s 774 local government offices from December 12 to January 5, 2023.
He said that unless the youths rose and took back the country, the vicious circle would continue unabated.
Displaced by crises in parts of Taraba, several Tiv people are unable to access their ancestral homes for three years and counting.
The electoral body said most of the registered voters “have refused to collect their PVCs.”
