Fashola blasts INEC over handling of voter cards distribution in Lagos

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Friday said he was disappointed at the postponement of distribution of Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, in nine local government areas of the state.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had on Thursday said that it would no longer distribute PVCs in nine of the 20 council areas of the state from November 7 to November 9, as earlier scheduled.

He said INEC’s decision not to commence the distribution in the nine local government areas resulted from poor planning.

“I am deeply disappointed at this display of lack of planning that speaks volumes."

“I wish to recall that it was INEC that first announced that this exercise was planned for August."

“It later shifted it to September, and then, today; yet it did not get it right."

“If this is a foretaste of what we should expect in the general elections, it is a bad start,” he said.

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos State, Adekunle Ogunmola, had said that INEC had not taken delivery of PVCs for the nine council areas.

Mr. Ogunmola listed the affected council areas as Alimosho, Amuwo-Odofin, Apapa, Badagry, Epe, Oshodi-Isolo, Shomolu, Surulere and Eti-Osa.

He said that the exercise would hold in the affected council areas from November 28 to November 30.

Mr. Ogunmola said the postponement was not peculiar to Lagos.

He, however, appealed for the understanding of the residents and other
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