The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has said every registered voter in the state must get their Permanent Voter Card.
The governor said the several instances, where many people, including him, were unable to get their PVC had shown that the Independent National Electoral Commission had not prepared well, a statement said on Wednesday.
The governor’s ward, which had about four polling unit, was unable to distribute PVC on Friday. Officials of the commission stated that the data for the ward had crashed.
But Fashola said until he got his PVC and other registered voters get theirs, INEC had not done its job.
He said, “On a daily basis, I receive complaints from the residents of Lagos about the shortcomings of INEC on the exercise.
“This is not personal, it is about our country, the right of citizens, our image as a people and it is about our prosperity.
“There is, in the public domain, a persisting fear about the credibility of the electoral process which is not being helped by the tardiness of INEC thus far.
“Government will not be formed unless elections are held. It is only credible elections that respond to the will of the people. The worry out there is that people still need to be persuaded that their votes will count. So whether you like it or not or whether INEC likes it or not, it is a credibility issue about electoral processes and we must therefore act all the time to reinforce that credibility rather than diminish it.”
Fashola said the state had been ready for the PVC distribution since July when INEC first indicated that it was ready.
“You moved it to August, then you moved it to September, then November and you broke it into two and we on our part have continued to adjust and adapt and we have spent money getting the information across and moving people to provide support,” he added.
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