According to the Lagos State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), 5,676,858 Permanent Voter Cards have been collected out of a total of 6,630,661 received in the state between 2011 and 2021.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, announced this at a stakeholders’ meeting on PVC collection on Thursday in Ikeja with the leadership of political parties, civil society organizations, and religious leaders.
Agbaje, who praised all stakeholders for working together to create a lasting democratic culture in Nigeria, stated that the commission was doing everything possible to ensure acceptable and credible elections in 2023 that everyone could be proud of.
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He said, “It is pertinent to note that as of December 2, 953,803 PVCs were yet to be collected by their owners.
“These uncollected cards and the expected PVCs for fresh registrants, transfer or review from January to July will be available for collection in all INEC offices across the state from Monday, December 12.
“It is instructive to note that collection of PVC by proxy will not be allowed and the collection of PVC is free.
“Owners of transferred, defaced or other incident PVCs should bring along with them the old PVCs for exchange with new ones.”
According to Agbaje, INEC has scheduled the collection of PVCs at its Local Government Area offices from December 12 to January 22, 2023, and at the ward levels from January 6, 2023 to January 15, 2023.
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According to Agbaje, the deadline was set to help INEC prepare in accordance with sections 24 (2&3), 47 (3), and 51 (2) of the Electoral Act 2022, if the margin of victory between the two leading candidates in an election was not greater than the total number of voters who collected their PVCs in polling units where elections were postponed, voided, or not held.
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