The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Niger state has threatened to punish any civil servant that deliberately refused to collect his/her Permanent Voters Card, PVC, ahead of the general elections in the state.
This was made known by the state chairman of the body, Comrade Idris Lakpene in Minna.
He said that any civil servant who refused to collect and showcase his/her Permanent Voters Card, PVC would be stopped from collecting their salaries or faced suspension.
The chairman decried the situation where citizens of this country would fail to take their Civic responsibility serious
Lakpene stated, “We are considering a plan to stop workers in the state who have no PVCs from collecting their monthly salary.”
He also charged civil servants in the state to be fully involved in the political process, arguing, “PVCs would enable us to elect leaders that can better our working conditions and to bring meaningful development to our state.”
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the distribution of PVCs will end next week.
The process for collection started on December 12th 2022 and it is expected to end on Sunday the 22nd of January, 2023.
INEC has fixed February 25th, 2023 as the presidential and National Assembly election date, while March 12 has been fixed for gubernatorial and State Assemble elections in the country.