- Safiu Kehinde
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recorded the collection of over 2.2 million Permanent Voters Card by registered voters ahead of the 2024 Edo gubernatorial election.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the electoral body’s spokesperson, Sam Olumekun.
INEC reported that 2,249, 780 voters card have been collected out of the 2,629,025 registered voters in the state.
This implies that 85.57 percent of the registered voters are eligible to vote at the upcoming election set to hold on Saturday 21st of September, 2024.
Meanwhile, INEC further disclosed that a total of 4,519 Polling Units have been stationed across the state ahead of the election.
The statement read in part; “Nigerians may recall that the Commission recently announced that the total number of registered voters in Edo State is 2,629,025.
“The Commission went further to give the breakdown by gender, age, occupation and disability.
“Out of this figure, 2,249,780 (85.57%) have collected their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) while 379,245 (14.43%) of the PVCs are uncollected as at the *end of the extended period for PVC collection on Sunday, 16th September 2024.
“Consequently, the Commission is making available data on PVC collection on Polling Unit basis in Edo State ahead of the Governorship election holding this weekend.
“There are 4,519 Polling Units in the State. Voting will take place in each unit.
“The detailed breakdown of the number of PVCs collected, as well as the number uncollected in each unit, has been uploaded to our website for guidance of political parties, candidates and public information.”