By Joy Odigie
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set aside eight days for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) for the September 21, 2024 Edo governorship election.
Timidi Wariowei, Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, who confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Benin said the exercise will hold from Aug. 22 to 30
According to him, a five-day collection of PVCs would take place at the ward headquarters from Aug. 22 to 26.
He said the exercise would move to the INEC Local Government Council offices, for another three days, from Aug. 28 to 30.
“The commission implores all those who registered or did transfers to present themselves at the aforementioned locations and collect their PVCs.
“There is no PVC collection by proxy,” Wariowei said.
INEC recently said a total of 269,992 new voters were registered in Edo and Ondo states as of 9 June 2024 when the registration was suspended.
The Edo state Governorship Election is slated for 21 September, 2024 while the Ondo state Governorship Election is scheduled to hold on 16 November 2024.
Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee said in a statement that of the figure, 129,246 (47.87%) are male while 140,756 (52.13%) are female.
According to him, the majority of the registered voters (182,541 or 67.61%) are youths (18-34 years) 95,463 or 35.36 percent are students while 1,588 (0.59%) are Persons with Disability (PWDs).
“In addition, 24,454 requests for replacement of PVCs, 74,493 applications for voter transfer, and 8,314 for information update were received”, he stressed.
