Osun Has Over 2m Registered Voters – REC

 

By Kazeem Badmus

THE Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in the State of Osun Dr. Mutiu Agboke, on Tuesday, said the state has over 2 million registered voters. 

Of the 2million registered voters, Agboke said a total of 402, 763 Permanent Voters Cards were yet to be collected in the state. 

According to Agboke, the commission is doing everything possible to make sure that the people who are yet to collect their PVCs do so before the election. 

He added that the commission had already taken the PVCs closer to the residents, urging those who are yet to collect their voter’s card to visit their registration area to collect it. 

The REC said: “In Osun State, a lot of people have collected their Permanent Voters Card, a lot are still collecting, while more people are yet to collect. We have over 400,000 PVCs yet to be collected in this state.

“INEC is trying to bring it closer to the people and that is why we have moved to the registration area and ward level and more people are coming out to collect. The fact that they know their votes will count, they are interested in collecting the PVC. 

“The total number of uncollected PVCs as of this morning is 402,763 and that is to tell you that it is reducing gradually. We have over 2million registered voters in Osun State. 

“INEC has done very well in Osun State because if you remove the number of those who have collected from the total number, you will see that the gap is wide but for us, that 400,000 is still huge.

“We are engaging the stakeholders to encourage our people to come and collect their PVC and I am very optimistic that the number will reduce before the election.