PVC: INEC staff collecting bribe from residents, Clergy alleges

THE General Overseer, Resurrection Praise Ministries International,
Lagos, Archbishop Samson Benjamin, has alleged that officials of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are collecting money
from people before issuing them the Permanent Voters Card (PVC).
Addressing reporters yesterday at a rally to drum support for
Christian candidates in the Lagos State governorship race, the
clergyman accused INEC officials of demanding between N300 to N500
from people before they could be registered.
While calling on INEC to sanction its erring staff in order to restore
the integrity of the commission, Benjamin said it was disheartening
that people were being frustrated in a bid to exercise their civic
responsibilities.
He urged other political parties to field Christian candidates,
stressing that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has set the example
by picking Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, a Christian, as the party flag bearer
in next year's election, adding, "The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
and other political parties should equally do the same thing.