October 14, (THEWILL) – A total of 89,777 new permanent voter cards (PVCs) printed for the November 16 Ondo governorship election are ready for collection, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday.
The Commission, in a statement issued by its Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said the PVCs comprises 58,708 new voters, and 31,069 applicants for transfers, updates and replacement of lost and damaged PVCs.
“The PVCs for all categories of applicants will be available for collection in 221 centres across the state at two levels.
“The first stage, which will be between Thursday, October 17 and Monday 21, will be at all the 203 electoral wards, while the second stage will be at the 18 INEC local government area offices. This takes place between October 23 and 29.
“During the period, the backlog of uncollected PVCs from previous registrations will also be available for collection at the designated centres,.
“The commission reiterates its policy that no cards will be collected by proxy,.
“Detailed information, including location addresses of the ward and local government collection centres, has been uploaded to our website and social media platforms for public information.
“In addition to pasting the register of new voters for each centre at the designated locations, the commission is also uploading the entire collection register for the new voters to our website to facilitate easy identification of names and collection centres for the seamless collection of the PVCs”, he said.
