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The Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room has expressed their displeasure at the alleged plan by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to erase data captured by the the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) during the recent presidential election. The Situation Room is made up of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working in support of credible and transparent elections in Nigeria numbering more than 70.
A coalition of non-governmental and human right organisations has described the emphasis on a deadline for collection of Permanent Voters Card (PVCs) as an indirect disenfranchisement of validly registered voters whose PVCs are not available. The unavailability of the PVCs, according to the coalition, was due to administrative lapses from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).