Ahead of the Ondo State governorship election scheduled for November 16, 2024, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) don announce say the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) go start on Thursday, October 17, 2024.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, make this announcement in a statement on Monday. According to am, a total of 89,777 new PVCs been print and deliver to INEC’s state office in Akure.
This number include 58,708 new voters and 31,069 individuals wey apply for transfers, updates, or replacements of lost and damaged PVCs. PVC collection go dey available at two levels across 221 centres in the state.
First, PVCs go dey available for collection in all the 203 Wards from Thursday 17th to Monday 21st October 2024. Secondly, dem go dey available in INEC’s 18 LGA offices from Wednesday 23rd to Tuesday 29th October 2024, from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm daily, including weekends.
The commission urge all registered voters to pick up their PVCs in person, reiterating that collection by proxy no dey allowed. “We appeal to registered voters in the State to pick up their PVCs in person on the approved dates,” the statement read.
Detailed information, including location addresses of the Ward and Local Government collection centres, been upload to INEC website and social media platforms for public information. In addition to pasting the register of new voters for each centre at the designated locations, the commission also upload the entire collection register for the new voters to their website to facilitate easy identification of names and collection centres for the seamless collection of the PVCs.
