The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has distributed the 55,859 permanent voter cards ahead of next month’s governorship election in Ondo State.
National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun said in a statement yesterday that the collection of the PVC will not be shifted to local government offices of the commission.
The statement reads: “For five days (17-21 October 17 to 21, 2024), the commission made the permanent voter cards (PVCs) from the last Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Ondo State available for collection in all the 203 wards across the state.
“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 (today), 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.
“We appeal to the remaining voters to pick up their PVCs from our local government offices. The commission reiterates its policy that no cards will be collected by proxy.”