The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released comprehensive information on collected and uncollected Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states.
INEC’s National Commissioner, Sam Olumekun made the development public following a meeting the Commission held on Monday.
The meeting was to review preparations for the off-cycle governorship elections scheduled for November 11, 2023.
Olumekun 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.”
It warned all stakeholders that any vote from a polling unit exceeding the number of PVCs collected will be considered as over-voting.
According to the Electoral Body, the margin of lead principle will be calculated based on the number of PVCs collected.
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