The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says
87,209,007 permanent voter cards (PVC) have been collected across the country.
Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC chairperson, announced the
development on Thursday during a media briefing at the national collation
centre in Abuja.
The commission had initially fixed December 12 to January 22
for the PVC collection exercise in all LGAs.
The commission then extended the deadline till January 29 and again till February 5.
Speaking at the briefing, Yakubu said while the commission
is pleased that the rate of collection is higher than in previous years, there
are still many PVCs uncollected.
According to data distributed to journalists, out of
93,469,008 registered voters in Nigeria, 93.3 percent have collected their
PVCs.
However, 6,259,229 cards — representing 6.7 percent of PVCs
— remain uncollected.
The data also shows that Lagos leads in the number of
collected PVCs with 6,214,970, followed by Kano with 5,594,193, and Kaduna with
4,164, 473.
Meanwhile, the states with the highest number of uncollected
PVCs include Lagos – 845,225, Oyo – 515,254, and Ogun – 410,281.
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