{"id":123331,"date":"2025-10-28T18:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123331"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:50:16","slug":"inec-reiterates-readiness-for-anambra-poll-extends-pvc-collection-timeframe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/inec-reiterates-readiness-for-anambra-poll-extends-pvc-collection-timeframe\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC Reiterates Readiness for Anambra Poll, Extends PVC Collection Timeframe\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared its full preparedness for the November 8, 2025, Anambra State Governorship Election, pledging to deliver a transparent, credible, and peaceful process that truly reflects the will of the electorate.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>INEC Chairman, Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, gave the assurance on Tuesday in Abuja during the quarterly meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES), held at the Commission\u2019s headquarters.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This will be the first major off-cycle election to be conducted under Amupitan since his appointment earlier in the year, following the completion of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu\u2019s tenure. The Anambra poll is widely seen as a crucial test for the new INEC leadership and for Nigeria\u2019s democratic resilience, given the state\u2019s complex political landscape and history of voter apathy and insecurity.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking at the meeting attended by security chiefs and intelligence agency representatives, the INEC Chairman reaffirmed his personal resolve to build on his predecessor\u2019s legacy by strengthening institutional transparency and electoral credibility.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;The Anambra Governorship election is just 11 days away, and following extensive field assessments, the Commission is confident in affirming its full preparedness for the polls,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Amupitan disclosed that 24,000 ad hoc personnel would be deployed across 5,718 of the state\u2019s 5,720 polling units, noting that elections would not hold in two units due to the absence of registered voters. Results, he said, will be collated at 326 ward collation centres, 21 local government centres, and finally at the State Collation Centre in Awka.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He added that a mock accreditation exercise was recently conducted in 12 polling units across six local governments using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). While acknowledging some network hitches during the exercise, he assured that all challenges had been rectified ahead of the main election.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To ensure wider voter participation, the INEC boss announced an extension of the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) collection exercise in Anambra State, now to run from Wednesday, October 29, to Sunday, November 2, 2025.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Our mandate is to conduct credible elections, and we are determined that no eligible voter should be disenfranchised,\u201d he stated, explaining that the decision followed reports showing only 63.9 percent of registered voters had collected their PVCs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On logistics, Amupitan said the Commission had finalized arrangements with major transport unions, including the National Association of Transport Owners (NATO), the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), and the Maritime Union Workers of Nigeria (MUWN), for the deployment of 200 buses and 83 boats to ensure efficient movement of personnel and materials, especially in difficult terrains.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He commended security agencies for their cooperation and briefed that a high-level ICCES meeting had already taken place in Anambra, where the Police, DSS, NSCDC, and military commanders assured of robust deployment and coordinated patrols before, during, and after the election.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Synergy among all security agencies is non-negotiable, particularly at a time when the credibility of our elections is paramount,\u201d he emphasized.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The INEC Chairman also issued a stern warning against vote buying, stressing that the Commission, in collaboration with law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies, would take decisive action against those attempting to influence voters through inducements.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Any attempt to induce voters before or during the election must be resisted and curtailed. We must join hands to combat this menace and uphold the values of democracy,\u201d Amupitan warned.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He urged all members of ICCES and other stakeholders to sustain their collaboration to ensure that the Anambra governorship election sets a new benchmark for transparency, efficiency, and integrity in Nigeria\u2019s electoral system.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Moses The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared its full preparedness for the November 8, 2025, Anambra State Governorship Election, pledging to deliver a transparent, credible, and&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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