Nov 16 gov: 206, 543 PVCs not collected in Bayelsa, Kogi states

Preparatory to the November 16 governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states,

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that no fewer than 206 543 permanent voter cards are yet to be collected in Bayelsa and Kogi states respectively, ahead of the November 16 governorship elections in the states.

The electoral umpire however said 11, 850 PVCs were collected within two weeks in both states as at September 13, 2019.

The INEC said in a statement that said the collection were made from September 2 when it re-opened the collection of the PVCs in respective places, stressing that its doors were still open until the deadline expires.

A breakdown of this showed that Bayelsa has collected a total of 6,581 collected PVCs while a total number of 40,912 were yet to be collected.

In Kogi state, 5,269 pvcs have been collected while citizens of the state were yet to collect a total of 165,631 pvcs. 

INEC therefore said this was the progress report for the first two weeks of the exercise and noted that collection of PVCs will continue till 30th September.

The commission, therefore, appealed to all eligible voters in Bayelsa and Kogi States who have not collected their PVCs to do so before the deadline.

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