INEC also appealed to remaining eligible voters in the state to pick up their PVCs from its local government offices
By Kehinde Okeowo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it distributed 55,859 permanent voter cards to Ondo electorates in just five days.
This was made known in a statement issued by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun.
According to the commissioner, the figure represents 62.2% of the 89,777 cards available for collection.
He added that the commission made the PVCs from the last Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Ondo State available for collection in all 203 wards across the state.
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He further appealed to the remaining voters to pick up their PVCs from the commission’s local government offices and reiterated that no card will be collected by proxy.
Speaking ahead of next month’s governorship election in the state, Olumekun said, “The commission is pleased to announce that at the end of the five days, 55,859 cards were personally collected by new registrants and applicants for transfer and replacement of lost or damaged cards as provided by law. This figure represents 62.2% of the 89,777 cards available for collection.
“This is the highest percentage of PVCs collected in five days in Ondo State since the commission introduced the CVR in 2015. A detailed breakdown of the collection by local government areas has been uploaded to our website and social media platforms for public information.
“Meanwhile, the collection will resume in our 18 local government offices in Ondo State from tomorrow (Wednesday, October 23) to Tuesday, October 29, 2024, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily (including the weekend). Detailed information on the locations of our local government offices in Ondo State is already available on our website.”
