INEC Release Details Of Collected PVCs Ahead Of November 11 Polls

Prior to the governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states on November 11, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released information on the number of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) that have been collected and those that have not.

During the Commission meeting on Monday, the electoral umpire declared that the margin of lead principle would be calculated based on the quantity of PVCs gathered, during the current preparations for the off-cycle governorship elections in the three states.

Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner of INEC, stated in a statement that the commission has released information about registered voters in the three states, exactly as it did during the previous general election.

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He said, “As was done in recent elections, including the 2023 General Election, the Commission is publishing the comprehensive information of collected and uncollected Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) in the three States on polling unit basis.

“The information also gives the distribution of the polling units by Local Government Areas, Registration Areas/Wards, the names of the polling units, their code numbers, number of registered voters and the number of collected as well as uncollected PVCs.

“Equally significantly, the list provides the names and locations of the two polling units in Bayelsa State and 38 in Imo State without registered voters.

“The breakdown for the three States indicates that out of 1,056,862 registered voters in Bayelsa State, 1,017,613 have collected their PVCs and 39, 249 are uncollected. In Imo State, the number of registered voters is 2,419,922, out of which 2,318,919 have collected their PVCs and 101,003 are uncollected, while in Kogi State, out of 1,932,654 registered voters, 1,833,160 have collected their PVCs and leaving 99,494 uncollected,”

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