Nollywood actor Willams Uchemba has criticised INEC personnel for their treatment of Nigerians trying to obtain their voter registration cards because he is extremely anxious about the approaching 2023 election.
He bemoaned the challenges voters are facing as they try to pick up their ballots at INEC centres around the nation.
Videos of eligible voters sobbing at the way certain INEC employees treat them—staff members who even go as far as collecting money before handing them the cards—have surfaced online.
The actor, who was born in Abia State, uploaded a video of various Nigerians protesting their inability to pick up their Permanent Voters’ Cards, or PVCs, from their respective zones on Instagram.
According to Uchemba, INEC cannot disenfranchise people and expect a free and fair election. He bemoaned the fact that most registered voters are informed by INEC workers that their PVCs are either “not ready” or “cannot be located.”
He said he “hopes INEC is ready for what is coming”
He pleaded with the electoral empire to take the necessary action to rectify the issue.
