MultiChoice backs INEC PVC collection drive

• Published date: 16 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Leading video entertainment service provider, MultiChoice Nigeria, has thrown its weight behind the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) nationwide Permanent Voter's Card (PVC) collection drive.

The PVC collection, which is part of the electoral umpire's measures to improve the credibility of the electoral process through the elimination of identity theft, is a prerequisite for participation in the coming general elections.

MultiChoice Nigeria's support is in the shape of the 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 that are yet to collect their PVCs, those who have requested the transfer of their registration and those seeking...