The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that 87,209,007 Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) have been collected across the country.
INEC Chairman., Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed this on Thursday during a media briefing at the national collation centre in Abuja, said the commission is pleased that the rate of collection is higher than in previous years.
Yakubu, however, revealed that out of 93,469,008 registered voters in Nigeria, 93.3 percent have collected their PVCs, while 6,259,229 million cards— representing 6.7 percent of PVCs — remain uncollected.
A breakdown of the PVCs collected per state showed that Lagos tops the list of states with the highest number of PVCs collected with 6,214,970, followed by Kano with 5,594,193 million voters, Kaduna has 4,164,473 million voters, Katsina with 3,459,945 and Rivers has 3,285,789 million voters.
Meanwhile, the states with the highest number of uncollected PVCs include Lagos – 845,225, Oyo – 515,254, and Ogun – 410,281.
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KanyiDaily had also reported how two hunters discovered a bag full of PVCs disposed inside a bush in Nnewi, Nnewi North Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State.
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