The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed reports that it planned to destroyed over six million uncollected Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) going back to the 2015 voter registration.

The commission on Sunday night on its X handle said that such reports were not true and should be ignored as there was no time it planned to carry out such an exercise.

There were reports that INEC was contemplating a policy to withdraw and destroy PVCs that remained uncollected for about 10 years and that the recommendation was among the 208 proposals arising from the commission’s review of the 2023 general elections.

But the commission said, “Our attention has been drawn to a newspaper report that the Commission is contemplating the destruction of over six million uncollected Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) going back to the 2015 voter registration.

“The report is incorrect. At no time did the commission contemplate the destruction of uncollected PVCs. The public is advised to discountenance the story.”