2.2 million registered voters collect Permanent Voters’ Cards ahead of governorship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that a total of 2,249,780 registered voters have collected their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) in the state ahead of the Saturday’s Governorship election in Edo State.
Penpushing reports that the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, of the commission Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday explaining that this represents 85.57 per cent of the 2,629,025 total registered voters in the state.
The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, added that 379,245 Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs), representing 14.43 per cent, were uncollected as of Monday, 16 September, at the end of the extended period for Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) collection in the state.
Penpushing further reports that Olumekun said that, consequently, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was making available data on Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) collection on a Polling Unit basis in Edo ahead of the governorship election to be held on 21 September.
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’, Olumekun said.
Penpushing also reports that the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee advised persons interested in viewing the 128-page document to visit the commission’s website.
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