The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 55,859 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) from the last Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Ondo State were collected in all the 203 Wards across the State within five days.
INEC National Commissioner ans Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, in a statement issued on Tuesday also the revealed that the cards were personally collected by new registrants as well as applicants for transfer and replacement of lost or damaged cards as provided by law.
He noted: “Over a period of five days (17-21 October 2024), the Commission made the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) from the last Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Ondo State available for collection in all the 203 Wards across the State.
“The Commission is pleased to announce that at the end of the five-day period, 55,859 cards were personally collected by new registrants as well as applicants for transfer and replacement of lost or damaged cards as provided by law. This figure represents 62.2% of the 89,777 cards available for collection.
“This is the highest percentage of PVCs collected in five days in Ondo State since the Commission introduced the CVR in 2015.”
Olumekun added that a detailed breakdown of the collection by Local Government Areas (LGAs) has been uploaded on its website and also posted on its social media platforms for public information.
Meanwhile,he stressed that collection would resume in 18 LGA offices in Ondo State from Wednesday 23rd to Tuesday 29th October 2024.
He said the cards would be collected between 9.00am and 5.00pm daily (including the weekend).
The National commissioner stressed that detailed information on the locations of LGA offices in the State is already available on its website.
The commission appealed to the remaining voters to pick up their PVCs in person from our LGA offices, while reiterating that no cards would be collected by proxy.