By Godfrey AKON
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says 2,249,780 Personal Voter’s Cards, representing 85.57 per cent of the 2,629,025 registered voters in Edo State have been collected.
The commission also announced that 379,245, representing 14.43 per cent of the PVCs were uncollected as at the end of the extended period for PVC collection on Sunday, 16th September 2024.
INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Sam Olumekun, who announced this in a statement on Tuesday, said data on PVC collection on Polling Unit basis in Edo State will be made available ahead of the governorship election holding at weekend.
“Nigerians may recall that the Commission recently announced that the total number of registered voters in Edo State is 2,629,025. The Commission went further to give the breakdown by gender, age, occupation and disability.
“Out of this figure, 2,249,780 (85.57%) have collected their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) while 379,245 (14.43%) of the PVCs are uncollected as at the end of the extended period for PVC collection on Sunday, 16th September 2024.
“Consequently, the Commission is making available data on PVC collection on Polling Unit basis in Edo State ahead of the Governorship election holding this weekend,” the statement read.
It further disclosed that there are 4,519 Polling Units in Edo State, adding that voting will take place in each unit.
“The detailed breakdown of the number of PVCs collected, as well as the number uncollected in each unit, has been uploaded to our website for guidance of political parties, candidates and public information,” the statement said.
The commission encouraged any citizen interested in the 128-page document to visit the its website.
