In advance of the September 21 governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, has scheduled the collecting of Permanent Voter Cards, or PVCs, in Edo State from August 22, 2024, to September 8, 2024.
This declaration was made on Monday in Abuja by INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu during a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs).
As per his statement, the Commission would not normally deal with proxies because their PVCs would only be issued to legitimate registrants.
“Following the conclusion of the last Continuous Voters Registration CVR) in Edo and Ondo States, the Commission published the figures of new registrants for the two States following the clean-up of the register. For Edo State, 119,206 new voters were registered. In addition, 8,847 voters transferred their registration from other States of the Federation to Edo State while 46,171 voters transferred their registration within the State i.e. from one part of the State to another.
“As provided by law, the Commission has updated the records of 4,808 voters that applied for correction of names, addresses, or dates of birth from previous registrations and also replaced 5,406 lost or damaged PVCs. Put together, 184,438 voters of various categories were served by the Commission during the last CVR in Edo State. They will be issued new voters’ cards PVCs.
“I am glad to report that all the cards have been printed and delivered to our office in Benin City. From there, they have been handed over to our Electoral Officers (EOs) for collection by voters,” he said.
The head of INEC added that in order to facilitate the retrieval of the PVCs from the 184,438 voters, the Commission has created a registry with their names and photos among other details.
Yakubu claims that the Commission is putting the finishing touches on the Ondo State PVC collection timetable.
“Our attention is focused on Edo State at the moment because the election is being held next month. I want to assure the electorate in Ondo State that action is being taken in respect of the availability of their PVCs for the governorship election held in November this year. Very soon, the Commission will make available detailed arrangements for the collection of PVCs for all categories of voters from the recent CVR in the State”, he stated.
