2023 Elections: Over 87million PVCs Collected – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that a total of 87,209,007 Permanent Voter Cards have been collected across the country.

INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, announced the development on Thursday during a media briefing at the national collation centre in Abuja.

Although the number increased after the Commission extended the deadline from January 29 to February 5.

INEC disclosed that 6.5 million registered voters do not have their voters cards and wont be able to participate in the polls.

Recall that NEC had earlier stated that it registered a total of 93.4 million eligible voters ahead of the election, however, a total of 6.3 million voters do not have their PVCs and consequently will be ineligible to vote.

The final breakdown showed that 93.3% of registered voters eventually collected their PVCs while those who didn’t pick up their cards make up the remaining 6.7%.

Bauchi State leads in terms of percentage of collected PVCs with 99%, closely followed by Anambra with 98.8%, while Borno, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Nasarawa, and Niger States recorded over 97% collection rate.

Osun State recorded the lowest collection rate as only 81.5% of registered voters collected their PVCs, while the likes of Oyo, Edo, Ondo, and Lagos have 84.3%, 85.1%, 86.9%, and 88% respectively.
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