12th March, 2015
Daniels Ekugo
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has outlined plans to tackle incidents of loss of the Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) or even difficulty in locating collection centres and has decided to engage the services of the All New 7411 National Directory Service.
The INEC’s director of Voters Education and Publicity, Barrister Oluwole Uzzi, said in a chat with the media that sourcing such information from the Commission through the directory via telephone calls will cost N12/minute as approved by NCC, which it noted is not more than the normal call rate in the country, “making it affordable to all to call at no extra charges to the caller.”
Explaining the modality of operation in a letter to the Bureau of 7411 directory and signed by the secretary to the commission, Mrs. Augusta C. Ogakwu, INEC noted that all information disseminated to Nigerians via 7411 national directory service shall be accurately sourced from official sources only.
Commending INEC for having faith in 7411 directory and for engaging its services, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Bureau of 7411 directory, Okeowo Desmond Olasubomi applauded INEC for its support so far.
Okeowo noted that his team will ensure as part of his company’s corporate social responsibility to Nigerians that 7411 Bureau of Information will continue to “do our best in helping Nigerians get to their desired destinations correctly.”
Okeowo added that “when Nigerians dial 7411, they can locate collection points of their PVC cards and voting centres, and thousands of frequently asked questions and telephones directory of INEC’s offices and hotlines have been uploaded and will be shared daily with Nigerians as they dial 7411 on a 24hrs. basis speaking their preferred languages.”