PVC Collection: Ogun residents lament INEC’s poor organisation
PVC Collection: Ogun residents lament INEC’s poor organisation
Ogun residents, since the commencement of the distribution of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) on Monday 12th of December 2022 have been thronging the various offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the collection of their cards to avoid disenfranchisement in the coming elections.
Some of the registered voters in their hundreds were seen within the premises of INEC office in Oke-Ilwo , Abeokuta, the state capital on Tuesday waiting for the officials to attend to them.
However, there were mixed feelings. While the potential voters in the 2023 elections commended the commission for treating them favourably, they also complained that the process to get the PVC was not properly organised.
When visited the INEC venue, it was observed that the process was peaceful as security personnel were on standby to guard against violence. Potential voters who also came for the collection of their PVCs were also seen in an orderly manner.
For some, the process was stress-free and they were able to get theirs within a few minutes of arrival. Some were disappointed over the unavailability of their cards.
A large number of the voters complained that the process was not properly organised, saying that there should be a queue whereby they will be attended to accordingly.
They lamented that due to the poor organisation of process, they were conditioned to wait for longer hours under the sun.
Some of the voters spoke to the journalists.
Karim Abiola said “Everything is in order, officials are coming out to call each ward. But I think there should be a queue and an official should be assigned for each ward so that people can just collect their PVCs in order of arrival. Some people who just came have collected their PVC and have left while most of those who came earlier have not been attended to because the exercise is not properly organised.
For Oladite Olasumbo “As good as this exercise is, the officials are really attending to the people appropriately but the process is not properly organised. For instance, there is supposed to be an official assigned for each ward and the official representing a particular ward should be the one to attend to people from that particular ward for collection of their PVC but reverse is the case.
“There should also be a queue for each ward whereby people from different wards will come and join the appropriate queue for their wards. We don’t know which official is representing which ward, people are just coming and waiting for officials to call their wards. The officials are just attending to people randomly that’s why the whole process seems not orderly but the commission is really trying and people are being attended to appropriately.
“I have been here for over one hour, although I am not supposed to stay this long but they mistook my card for another person’s and I complained immediately so they are trying to seek it. For me, the whole process is favourable, I live the way they are attending to us.The only challenge on ground is orderliness. The process is not well arranged”, Said Ibrahim.
Temitope Adekunle “They are attending to people as they are collecting their slips but I don’t know why they are still yet to call my ward. I’m from ward 14 and they have called the wards that come before 14 but they haven’t called ward 14. I have been here since 8am and this is past 11.We were told that the person that will attend to our ward is inside and he’s yet to come out. For me, the exercise is well organised.
