55.5m PVCs collected so far – INEC

55.5m PVCs collected so far – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that 55.490 million Permanent Voter Cards ( PVCs) have been collected as at March 9th.
The commission register has 68.833,476 million on its list for the forthcoming general elections rescheduled for March 28th and April 11th for National and states elections.
According to INEC latest update, the collection rate has reached 80.61 percent. The commission which announced an extension of the collection date still have 13.343 million PVCs for collection.
It said it might not be possible for the commission to have hundred percent collection rate for obvious reasons.
Most states have reached between 60 % and above collection rate apart from Ogun state which recorded 47 per cent Gombe and Zamfara recorded 95per cent.