The Independent National Electoral Commission Tuesday announced that a total of 379,245 representing 14.43 per cent Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) are uncollected ahead of Edo state governorship election on Saturday.
TheHintsNews reports that the Commission recently announced that the total number of registered voters in Edo State is 2,629,025.
The electoral body also went further to give the breakdown by gender, age, occupation and disability.
INEC National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, in a statement issued in Abuja added that the commission has made available data on PVC collection on Polling Unit basis.
He said: “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.
“There are 4,519 Polling Units in the State. 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 commission stressed any citizen interested in the 128-page document can visit its website: https://inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PU-LEVEL-FOR-PVC-COLLECTED-FOR-2024-EDO-GOVERVORSHIP-ELECTION.pdf
