The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to introduce downloadable permanent voter cards (PVCs) for those who have misplaced or defaced their original cards.
Joash Amupitan, INEC chairman, spoke on Wednesday when Lanre Issa-Onilu, director-general of National Orientation Agency (NOA), paid a courtesy visit to the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
According to NAN, Amupitan said the new technology was part of ongoing efforts to modernise Nigeria’s electoral processes ahead of the 2027 general election.
Amupitan said 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, defaced or if you cannot read your numbers there,” he said.
The INEC chairman noted that affected voters must formally lodge a
