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Lagos, Oyo, Ogun Lead As 87m Collect PVCs
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the states with the highest number of uncollected PVCs to include Lagos – 845,225, Oyo – 515,254, and Ogun – 410,281.
The electoral commission added that a total of 87,209,007 Permanent Voter Cards have been collected across the country.
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, announced the development on Thursday during a media briefing at the national collation centre in Abuja.
Although the number increased after the Commission extended the deadline from January 29 to February 5.
However, 6,259,229 cards — representing 6.7 percent of PVCs — remain uncollected.
The data also shows that Lagos leads in the number of collected PVCs with 6,214,970, followed by Kano with 5,594,193, and Kaduna with 4,164, 473.