Ahead of 2023 general elections and PVCs collection deadline, the Ondo State Government has joined its counterpart in Lagos State to set aside some working days for workers to collect their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs).
EGALITARIAN VOICE News reports that the Ondo government has also declared Tuesday, January 24, 2023, a work-free day to enable all eligible voters in the state to collect their PVCs at designated centres of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) centres.
The development was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Richard Olatunde.
The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu admonished registered voters in his state to endeavour to use the day go and collect their PVCs.
He appealed to them to prioritise the collection of their PVCs in other for them to carry out their civil responsibilities at the forthcoming polls.
This platform understands that the development is coming barely two days after Southwest governors under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) joined the list of people advocating for a holiday to enable workers to collect their PVCs.
EGALITARIAN VOICE News reported on Friday that the Southwest APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) on Thursday at their meeting at the party’s campaign office in Akure the Ondo State capital launched “Operation Collect Your PVC” across all states in the Southwest.
The group decried the low rate of collection of PVCs in the zone, therefore APC states in the zone have been enjoined to declare Tuesday, January 24 as a public holiday, to enable the people to collect their PVCs.
