{"id":11764,"date":"2022-06-16T14:35:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T13:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=11764"},"modified":"2024-08-27T14:51:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T13:51:16","slug":"true-pvc-registration-concert-to-hold-at-eagle-square-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/true-pvc-registration-concert-to-hold-at-eagle-square-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUE! PVC registration concert to hold at Eagle Square Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim:<\/strong> WhatsApp users claim that INEC has scheduled a PVC registration concert for June 20 to 25 at Eagle square. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Our findings show a voter registration campaign and concert will be held in Abuja from June 20 to June 25, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in collaboration with YIAGA Africa and the European Union held<\/a> a Permanent Voter Card (PVC) registration concert at the Tafawa Balewa Square Lagos on Saturday, June 12, 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was preceded by a Youth Vote Count campaign from Monday, June 6 to Friday, June 10, 2022. This campaign was designed to mobilise citizens, especially the youth to participate in the electoral process.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, different WhatsApp users took to their status to announce that INEC is set to hold a similar concert at the Eagle Square in Abuja from June 20-25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the viral WhatsApp Status.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A keyword search on Google led to reports announcing the concert in Lagos by The Guardian<\/a>, The Nation<\/a>, Vanguard<\/a> and Business Day<\/a> but nothing on a concert in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also did not find any announcement of a concert in Abuja on INEC\u2019s Twitter account<\/a> and website<\/a>, so we reached out to INEC\u2019s commissioner for information and voter education, Festus Okoye.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He confirmed this was true, explaining that the concert will be held on Saturday, June 25, after voter registration which will commence from Monday, June 20 to Friday, June 24.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe PVC registration concert will begin on Monday, June 20, 2022, and the concert will take place on Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Eagle Square Abuja\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was also announced by Yiaga Africa (@YIAGA) in a tweet<\/a> Tuesday afternoon with the same details shared by INEC\u2019s commissioner.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of concert Flyer shared by YIAGA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We found a tweet by the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (@EU_SDGN<\/a>) also announcing this.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our findings show a voter registration campaign and concert will be held in Abuja from June 20 to June 25, 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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