INEC Release Details Of Collected PVCs Ahead Of November 11 Polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday gave details of the figure of collected and uncollected Permanent Voters Cards(PVCs) ahead of the November 11 governorship polls in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states.

At a meeting of the Commission on Monday to review the ongoing preparations for the off-cycle governorship elections in the three states, the electoral umpire said the number of PVCs collected shall be used for the computation of the margin of lead principle.

In a statement by INEC National Commissioner, Sam Olumekun, explained that just. like it did in the last general election, the commission has published details of registered voters in the three states, Naija News gathered.

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,”