Among the 10 states whose data on the number of PVCs collected and unclaimed were ready at the weekend, Lagos came tops with 928,951 unclaimed PVCs. Lagos is followed by Oyo, which has about 800,000 uncollected PVCs; Kano (468,314), and Ogun (412,086).
NO fewer than 4,175,006 registered voters in 10 states will not vote in the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Reason: They were not able to collect their Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, before the February 5 deadline to do so. ended on
The INEC has insisted that voters without PVCs will not be allowed to vote.
Among the 10 states whose data on the number of PVCs collected and unclaimed were ready at the weekend, Lagos came tops with 928,951 unclaimed PVCs. Lagos is followed by Oyo, which has about 800,000 uncollected PVCs; Kano (468,314), and Ogun (412,086).
The rest are Osun (391,145); Niger (353,344); Ondo (303,955); Kwara (218,078); Plateau (184,744) and Cross River (114,389).
928,951 people won’t vote in Lagos — Agbaje, REC
In Lagos, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, said 6,708, 451 about 87/87 per cent of the 7,637,402 registered voters collected their PVCs in the state.
This leaves 928,951 about 12.16 per cent registrants who were unable to collect their PVCs.
A breakdown of the figures according to a document obtained from the commission’s office in Lagos, shows:
*Old PVCs received – 6,570,291
*Old PVCs collected – 5, 747,651
*Uncollected old PVCs – 822,640 (12.52%)
*New PVCs received — 1,067,111
*New PVCs collected — 960,800 (90.04%)
*Uncollected new PVCs — 106,311 (9.96%)
*Total PVCs received — 7,637,402
*Total PVCs collected — 6,708,451 (87.87%)
*Overall uncollected PVCs — 928,951 (12.16%)
468,314 PVCs unclaimed in Kano
In Kano, a document from the INEC office showed that 468,314 registrants could not obtain their PVCs when the exercise ended on February 25
According to the document of the 399,856 unclaimed PVCs in 2019, only 28,077 have been collected leaving a balance of 371,779 unclaimed.
During the 2021/2022 Continuous Voters Registration, CVR, exercise, 444,626 voters were listed of which 368,052 PVCs were distributed leaving 76,574 uncollected.
In like manner, of 66,479 voters that did transfers, 19,951 could not pick up the cards while 46,518 people did.
391,145 voters disenfranchised in Osun
In Osun State, 1,955,657 persons registered as voters with the INEC but the number of PVCs collected as of February 5, 2023 is 1,564,512.
This leaves 391,145 unpicked PVCs at the commission’s office in the state.
353,344 PVCs unpicked in Niger
In Niger State, 212,329 PVCs were collected while 87,329 remain uncollected for those registered during the CVR period.
For the transfer of the voters cards, 69,009 were collected while 40,901were uncollected.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Niger State, Ahmed Yisua Ahmed, who disclosed this Vanguard said the total PVC from 2019 collected is 2,443,463 while 225,114 remain uncollected.