The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State on Friday said that it was making plans to redistribute the unclaimed 1.4 million Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state.
Mr Sam Olumekun, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, disclosed this in a telephone interview with our reporter in Lagos.
“We are actually working out a new strategy,” the INEC boss told NAN, as he explained the commission’s plan to redistribute the permanent voter cards.
Olumekun, who expressed concerned over the number of uncollected PVCs in Lagos state, urged the owners to go to INEC offices in their local government areas for collection.
NAN reports that Lagos state has the highest number of unclaimed PVCs in the country.
INEC had said that it was still in possession of 7,920,129 permanent voter cards yet to be collected from its offices across the nation.
A breakdown of the uncollected PVCs as at March revealed that Lagos had the highest number of 1,401,390 followed by Oyo with 647,586 and Edo which had 449,001 while Kano had 195,941.
The figure also showed Bauchi State as having the least number of uncollected PVCs, 15,542, followed by Bayelsa and Plateau which had 28,533 and 25,300 cards respectively.
NAN
A young man, identified as Toheeb Eniafe, was reportedly shot dead at a petrol station…
The Lagos State government on Thursday said it has uncovered another illegal apartment under the…
A 24-year-old woman, Sofia Nkwo, has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command for…
The trial involving money laundering filed against Binance Holdings Limited and two of its executives,…
The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of the alleged mastermind of the killing…
At least 50 people have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command in connection…
This website uses cookies.