Of the 1,955,657 million registered voters in Osun State, 1,479,595 million Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) have been collected, Prof. Yakubu said.
He stressed that the choice of who becomes the next governor is entirely in the hands of voters.
“I appeal to all registered voters who are yet to collect their PVCs to seize the opportunity of the additional measures to do so. Many of the PVCs have already been collected by citizens. Of the 1,955,657 registered voters in Osun State, 1,479,595 (or 76 per cent) have collected their cards as at July 10.
“We are also updating our records to provide detailed breakdown of PVCs collected by polling units. This will be concluded and made available on July 15. This is important because the total number of PVCs collected will be used to determine the margin of lead principle, as against the total number of registered voters in line with our regulations and guidelines for the conduct of elections 2022 derived from the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022,” he added.
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, also promised that traditional rulers will continue to be neutral to promote peaceful election process.