Ondo Gov’ship Poll: INEC Begins Distribution Of New PVCs Thursday

Ahead of the November 16, 2024 governorship election in Ondo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that distribution of 89,777 new Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) will begin on Thursday across the 203 wards in the state.

The exercise at the ward level will last till Monday, October 21, 2024 while distribution at the 18 INEC local government offices will hold between Wednesday, October 23 and October 29, 2024 from 9am to 5pm daily, including weekends.

INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday.

He said, a total of 89,777 new PVCs from the recent Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in the state have been printed and the figure is made up of 58,708 new voters, and 31,069 applicants for transfers, updates and replacement of lost and damaged PVCs.

Olumekun appealed to registered voters in the state to pick up their PVCs in person on the approved dates and reiterated the commission’s policy that “no cards will be collected by proxy.”

“The Commission is pleased to announce that following the conclusion of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Ondo State and the cleaning up of the data, Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) have been printed for all certified registrants and already delivered to our State Office in Akure for collection by eligible voters.

“A total of 89,777 new PVCs from the recent CVR were printed. This is made up of 58,708 new voters, and 31,069 applicants for transfers, updates and replacement of lost and damaged PVCs.

“The PVCs for all categories of applicants will be available for collection in 221 centres across the state at two levels. First, in all the 203 Wards from Thursday 17th to Monday 21st October 2024. Secondly, in our 18 LGA offices from Wednesday 23rd to Tuesday 29th October 2024 from 9.00am to 5.00pm daily, including the weekends.”

During the period, he said that the backlog of uncollected PVCs from previous registrations will also be available for collection at the designated centres.

“Detailed information, including location addresses of the Ward and Local Government collection centres, has been uploaded to our 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 is also uploading the entire collection register for the new voters to our website to facilitate easy identification of names and collection centres for the seamless collection of the PVCs,” the statement added.