The resident electoral commissioner (REC) of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Edo State, Obo Effanga, yesterday, said one million, nine hundred and ninety-six thousand and eighty-eight persons, representing 79.8 percent of registered voters, have collected their permanent voters’ cards (PVCs).
He disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the preparedness of the commission ahead of the forthcoming general elections in the country.
Effanga said the commission is not expected to see above the number of those who collected their PVCs during the election adding that anything above that would amount to nullity.
“The total number of registered voters in Edo State is two million, five hundred and one thousand and eighty-one persons.
“However, the total number of PVCs collected is one million, nine hundred and ninety-six thousand and eighty-eight, which means that 79.8 percent of those who are registered in Edo State, their cards are right with them.
“So, if we want to have election, we don’t expect to have more than this number of persons as votes,” Effanga said.
He said, of those who registered in 2021-2022, about 75 percent of them have since collected their PVCs.
