2023 Elections: List of Top 10 States with Highest Number of Collected PVCs
Ahead of the Saturday, February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the details of the number of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) collected by the electorates.
The PVC is a requirement for voting, as provided for in Section 47 of the Electoral Act, 2022 and the electoral body has warned anyone without it to stay away from the Polling Units.
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For the 2023 general elections, the total number of registered voters is 93.4 million (93,469,008). However, the total number of PVCS collected is 87.2 million (87,209,007).
The total number of uncollected PVCs is 6.2 million (6,259,229).
Top 10 States with Highest Number of Collected PVCs
Below is the list of 10 states that have the highest number of collected PVCs.
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- Lagos — 6.21m
- Kano — 5.59m
- Kaduna — 4.16m
- Katsina — 3.46m
- Rivers — 3.29m
- Delta — 2.99m
- Oyo — 2.76m
- Bauchi — 2.72m
- Plateau — 2.69m
- Niger — 2.63m
2023 elections: INEC opens up on PVCs found in Anambra 'forest'
Meanwhile, INEC has said that the PVCs reportedly found in a forest in Akamili -Umudim, Nnewi North local government area of Anambra state were already defaced, obsolete, and no more useful for the purpose of the 2023 general elections.
The commission said the PVCs might be among those printed many years ago, which were not collected by their owners, and which were no longer useful for any election in Nigeria.
The mainstream and online media platforms went agog on Wednesday, February 22, with the news that over one million voter cards in a bag were found in a forest by an unknown hunter, and were taken to a radio station in the area, Authority FM.
INEC releases number of accredited party agents in 176,974 Polling Units
In another report, INEC has released the number of approved party agents.
According to the electoral umpire in a report titled, “Summary of Polling Unit and Collation Centre agents submitted by political parties submitted for the general 2023”, 18 political parties registered 1,500,000 agents.
The party agents will work across the 176,974 polling units for the 2023 general elections. Nigeria has 176,846 polling units, but elections would only take place in 176,606 as 240 of the total figure have no registered voters, according to INEC.
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