Leading video entertainment service provider, MultiChoice Nigeria, has embarked on publicity campaign to support the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) nationwide Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) collection drive.
The PVC, which is part of the electoral umpire’s measures to improve the transparency and credibility of the electoral process through identity theft elimination, is a must have for participation in the coming general elections.
MultiChoice Nigeria’s support is in the form of regular and free broadcast of INEC’s messages on PVC collection by registered eligible voters on channels on its DStv and GOtv platforms.
The broadcast will, in particular, be targeted at youth, overwhelmingly the country’s biggest voting demographic category, through DStv channel 198 and GOtv channel 29.
The two channels are dedicated to the round-the-clock broadcast of BB Titans, this year’s edition of the Big Brother television reality show, which launched yesterday and is mostly watched by the youth.
INEC has also called on registered voters across the country who are yet to collect their PVCs, those who have requested for the transfer of their registration and those seeking to replace their lost or damaged PVCs to visit the electoral body’s offices in the local government areas they intend to vote to collect their PVCs.
The process, which began on 12 December, 2022, and runs between 9am and 3pm from Monday through Sunday, will terminate on 22 January.