The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has urged Nigerians to come out en masse to vote, saying prayers won’t count, unless they come out to cast their votes.
Head of INEC’s voter education and publicity department in the FCT — Agnes Akpe, said this, as she advised FCT residents to come out to elect the nation’s next leader, while also debunking the notion that people without their vote cards could vote with just the last six digits of their cards, stressing that the Electoral Act stipulated that people must be present with their PVCs before voting.
Ms Akpe said: “Your prayer points will not count. It is your vote that will count.”
“Without your PVC, there is no voting,” added the INEC official.
Ms Akpe mentioned that the materials were brought to the six area councils so stakeholders such as the media, political parties, IPAC and other agents could witness the distribution.
“So, we brought the materials for the six area councils here. The reason for bringing them here was that the media could be a witness and the political parties, IPAC was also present and other agents,” explained the INEC official. “Aside from that, we also needed to add the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) that was with us because we had to configure them for each of the polling units.”
Ms Akpe added: “So when they brought the ballot papers, we added the BVAS for each area council and sent them under heavy security. So far, we have concluded that by this morning, so we are pretty much ready.”
