The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that 1,906,390 Permanent Voter Cards have been collected by registered voters in Osun State ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.
The figure represents 81.50 per cent of the 2,339,233 registered voters in the state, leaving 426,842 PVCs, or 18.50 per cent, yet to be collected.
The commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday.
Haruna said the uncollected PVCs had been secured with the Central Bank of Nigeria in accordance with INEC’s established procedure.
“Out of the total of 2,339,233 registered voters in the state, 1,906,390 PVCs, representing 81.50 per cent, have been collected.
“The remaining 426,842 PVCs, representing 18.50 per cent, have been safely deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria in line with the Commission’s established practice,” he said.
He also revealed that 6,101 voters who applied for replacement of damaged, defaced or missing PVCs had successfully printed downloadable versions of their voter cards.
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According to the electoral commission, a detailed polling-unit-by-polling-unit breakdown of the collected PVCs has also been made available on its official website.
Haruna reaffirmed INEC’s preparedness to conduct the Osun governorship election on Saturday, August 15, assuring political parties, civil society organisations, journalists and residents that the commission was ready for the poll.
The disclosure comes as preparations intensify across the state ahead of the election, with voters expected to head to polling units on Saturday to choose the next governor of Osun State.