The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that no less than 1,096,355 permanent voter cards (PVCs) printed before the 2019 elections are yet to be collected in Lagos state.
INEC resident electoral commissioner (REC) in the state, Olusegun Agbaje, stated this at a stakeholder meeting on Thursday.
According to him: “Let me also inform you that some permanent voter cards (PVCs) of those that registered prior to the 2019 general election are still available at all the 20 LGAs for collection by those who are supposed to have done so,”
“It is important to point out that a total of 5,626,537 PVCs were collected by their owners before the 2019 general election out of 6,728,394 PVCs received in the state leaving a balance of 1,101,557.
“Out of the remaining ones, 5,202 had so far been collected since the beginning of the CVR exercise last year.
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“A total of 1,096,355 PVCs are yet to be collected as we speak. I want to use this opportunity to urge all those that are yet to collect their PVCs to go to the INEC offices in the LGAs where they registered to do so.
“All PVCs issued by INEC are valid to be used to vote in all elections conducted by INEC including the 2023 general election.”
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