About 2,249,780 registered voters will on Saturday, September 21, file out to elect the next governor of Edo state, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said.
In a statement on Tuesday, September 17, the National Commissioner and chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said the number represents those who collected their Permanent Voters cards.
Olumekun said the figure represents 85.57 percent of the total number of registered voters in the state.
The statement read: “Nigerians may recall that the Commission recently announced that the total number of registered voters in Edo State is 2,629,025. The Commission went further to give the breakdown by gender, age, occupation, and disability.
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“Out of this figure, 2,249,780 (85.57%) have collected their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) while 379,245 (14.43%) of the PVCs are uncollected as at the end of the extended period for PVC collection on Sunday, 16th September 2024.
“Consequently, the Commission is making available data on PVC collection on a Polling Unit basis in Edo State ahead of the Governorship election holding this weekend.
“There are 4,519 Polling Units in the State. Voting will take place in each unit. The detailed breakdown of the number of PVCs collected, as well as the number uncollected in each unit, has been uploaded to our website for the guidance of political parties, candidates, and public information.
“Any citizen interested in the 128-page document can visit the commission website: https://inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/PU-LEVEL-FOR-PVC-COLLECTED-FOR-2024-EDO-GOVERVORSHIP-ELECTION.pdf.”