{"id":4449,"date":"2019-02-13T17:49:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T17:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2019-02-13T17:49:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T17:49:40","slug":"2019-elections-what-inec-must-do-before-polls-pdp-chairman-secondus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/2019-elections-what-inec-must-do-before-polls-pdp-chairman-secondus","title":{"rendered":"2019 elections: What INEC must do before polls \u2013 PDP Chairman, Secondus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on what to do before the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>Secondus called on INEC to make public the number of Permanent Voters Card, PVCs, collected from each state, across the federation.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet, the PDP National Chairman said the INEC should show a sign of its readiness to conduct free and fair election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this critical time in the history of our beloved nation, I call on @inecnigeria to publicly announce the number of PVCs collected with respect to their states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a challenge for INEC to prove that they are indeed ready for a free, fair and transparent elections,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on what to do before the upcoming elections. 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