The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to introduce “downloadable Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs)” for voters who have misplaced or defaced their original cards.
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan, disclosed this when he received the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, who paid a courtesy visit to the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday.
Amupitan explained that the new technology was part of ongoing efforts to modernise Nigeria’s electoral processes ahead of the 2027 general elections.
According to him, the downloadable PVC option will not be automatic or open to firm-time registrants who have never collected a physical card.
“It is not every PVC that is downloadable. You must have gotten your PVC before, and it must be that the PVC is lost or defaced, or if you cannot read your numbers there,” he stated.
