Shehu described the act as negative to the electoral process, lamenting how millions of naira are spent to produce the cards. investigation in Madobi, Tudun-Wada, and Fagge LGAs across the three senatorial districts of Kano reveals reasons for the poor collection of PVCs.
He said, “Before 2019 some of us mobilized ourselves and went to do the permanent voters card, we were never informed how to go about it or where to go and do it or when to come and collect it, considering the distance we have to travel, a lot of us refused to go back for the PVC till date.
“ Their acts have crippled activities here, and as the election draw closer, we want to ensure everywhere is safe for voters to come and vote,” he stated.While this has affected their businesses, residents of Yar Fulani and Gazobi were aggrieved by the government’s silence, and had resolved to boycott the election process since the government has failed to protect them.
Yunusa Abubakar, another resident, is yet to recover from the shock of the murder of his father by criminal elements on his way back from the farm just few months ago. Salisu Dankoli describes the poor collection of PVC in the state as a problem caused by the communication barrier between INEC and the people.
“Although our voters’ education, awareness, and sensitization since 2019 have been very poor, we have been working with the assumption that most people use the internet and listen to radio, so these have been the two major platforms we have been using. We have never thought going across communities will be helpful, but I will confess that will be a very difficult task to accomplish,” Isa said.
And they're registering underage what a shame.