No fewer than 953,803 Permanent Voters Cards,/PVCs, have remained to be collected in Lagos before to the general elections of 2023.
According to Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, the resident electoral commissioner in Lagos State, out of the 6,630,661 PVCs that were received between 2011 and 2021, 5,676,858 have been distributed as of December 2, 2022.
At a stakeholders meeting yesterday, Agbaje revealed the numbers and asked attendees to go to the INEC offices to pick up their PVCs after revealing that 13,325 of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, or BVAS, machines that would be utilised for the elections had been received.
The number of BVAS sent to Lagos is 13,325, and they are already on the ground, Agbaje said, encouraging stakeholders to work with the commission to achieve smooth elections in the state.
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He stated: “The Commission has continued to work round the clock towards ensuring that no stone is left unturned for the creation of a very conducive electoral environment for all-inclusive participation of all stakeholders.
“To ensure seamless access of Voters to polling units, the number of polling units has risen from 8,464 to 13, 325 in Lagos State which is the largest in Nigeria.”
“It is pertinent to note that out of the 6,630,661 PVCs received in the State between 2011 and 2021, a total of 5,676,858 have been collected by their owners as of December 2, 2022, 953,803 yet to be collected by owners.
“Uncollected cards and expected PVCs for the registrants who did fresh registration, transfer or review between January and July 2022 would be available for collection in all INEC offices across the state from next Monday, December 12, 2022.
“The Commission has fixed the collection of Permanent Voters Cards between Monday 12, till January 22, 2023, at the local government area offices of the commission and between January 6 and 15, 2023, at the Registration Area, and Ward level.
