By Dayo Johnson

Akure—ONDO State government weekend called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to extend the days for the collection of Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, and for the registration of new voters in the state.

Information and Community Development and Co-operative Services commissioners, Mr. Kayode Akinmade and Clement Faboyede made the government’s position known in Akure at a briefing.

They claimed the exercise had been marred with hiccups since it began.

Faboyede said the five days allocated for the registration was grossly inadequate as 60 per cent of would-be voters were yet to be registered.

He said the first day of the exercise was nothing to write home about as the machines sent to the centres were malfunctioning.

On the second and third day, the Commissioner said heavy downpour coupled with machine problem did not allow any intended voter to get near the collation centers.

Faboyede said different factors including inability of some people to get their PVCs, displacement of people from their previous abodes and natural disaster made the number of people seeking fresh registration to be high.