The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday explained that registered voters whose ‘’fingerprints cannot be authenticated’’ for accreditation by card readers would still be allowed to vote if there was enough evidence that he/she was a legitimate voter.
INEC made this clarifications in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to its Chairman, Mr Kayode Idowu.
‘’The Commission has come to an agreement with registered political parties on what to do: namely that if a voter’s PVC has been read and it is evident that he/she is the legitimate holder of the card, but the fingerprints cannot be authenticated (or he/she doesn’t have fingers).
‘’The Presiding Officer of the voting point will complete an incident form and the voter will be accredited to vote. Party Agents and Observers would be there to witness to this,’’ Idowu said.
Idowu’s clarification is coming on the heels of the commission’s explanations that 54,327,747 or 78.93 percent out of the 68,833,476 registered voters in the country have so far collected their Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs.
Residents of Jigawa State topped the list of those who have collected most of their PVCs with 98 percent, followed by Gombe- 95.05 percent while Akwa Ibom came third with 94.46 percent.
Also, Bauchi State residents came fourth with 94.36 collection rate followed by Taraba and Zamfara States which had 93.42 percent collection rate each.
About 92.65 percent of residents of Katsina State have also collected the ‘’all important’’ electoral material which would enable them cast their votes during the March 18 and April 11, general elections in the country.
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