Dele Olaosebikan
A total of of55,859 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs, representing 62.2% of the 89,777 cards available from the last Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), were personally collected by new registrants as well as applicants for transfer and replacement of lost or damaged cards as provided by law in Ondo State within five days (17-21 October 2024),and across the 203 Wards across the state.
According to Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), this is the highest percentage of PVCs collected in five days in Ondo State since the Commission introduced the CVR in 2015.
Mr Olumekun disclosed that a detailed breakdown of the collection by Local Government Areas (LGAs) has been uploaded to the INEC website and social media platforms for public information.
He also said that the collection of PVC will resume in INEC 18 local government area offices in Ondo State from tomorrow, Wednesday, 23rd, to Tuesday, 29th October 2024, from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm daily (including the weekend). “Detailed information on the locations of our LGA offices in the State is already available on our website
“We appeal to the remaining voters to pick up their PVCs in person from our LGA offices. The Commission reiterates its policy that no cards will be collected by proxy.”
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