The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Monday, recorded a total of 239,746 uncollected Permanent Voter Cards ahead of the November 11 governorship polls in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo States.
This was as the commission noted that 5,169,692 registered voters who collected their PVCs would cast their votes on November 11, 2023.
INEC disclosed this in a statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun.
The commission noted that 39,249 uncollected PVCs were recorded in Bayelsa; 101,003 in Imo; and 99,494 in Kogi States, respectively.
Olumekun stated, “The Commission met today, Monday 30th October 2023, specifically to review the ongoing preparations for the off-cycle Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States scheduled for Saturday, November 11, 2023.
“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 in the three States on a 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, the 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.
“The detailed information has been uploaded to the Commission’s website www.inecnigeria.org,” the national commissioner noted.