By: Mercy Peter
Only 2,249,780 registered voters are eligible to vote in the Saturday, September 21, governorship election in Edo State, NewsSpecng learnt.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tuesday explained that out of the 2,629,025 registered voters in the state, only 2,249,780 have collected their Permanent Voters cards.
In a statement dated September 17 2024, the National Commissioner and chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said the figure represents 85.57 percent of the total number of registered voters in the state.
The statement reads: “Nigerians may recall that the Commission recently announced that the total number of registered voters in Edo State is 2,629,025. The Commission went further to give the breakdown by gender, age, occupation, and disability.
“Out of this figure, 2,249,780 (85.57%) have collected their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) while 379,245 (14.43%) of the PVCs are uncollected as at the end of the extended period for PVC collection on Sunday, 16th September 2024.
“Consequently, the Commission is making available data on PVC collection on a Polling Unit basis in Edo State ahead of the Governorship election holding this weekend.
“There are 4,519 Polling Units in the State. Voting will take place in each unit. The detailed breakdown of the number of PVCs collected, as well as the number uncollected in each unit, has been uploaded to our website for the guidance of political parties, candidates, and public information.
“Any citizen interested in the 128-page document can visit the commission website: https://inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PU-LEVEL-FOR-PVC-COLLECTED-FOR-2024-EDO-GOVERVORSHIP-ELECTION.pdf.”
