The Edo State Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged residents of the state who are yet to collect their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) to do so immediately.
The commission revealed in a statement on Monday, January 2, that 661,783 PVCs comprising old and new are yet to be collected in the state as of December 31, 2022.
The statement signed by the Head of Voter Education and Publicity of INEC in Edo, Timidi Wariowei, noted that 409,832 of the numbers of the uncollected PVCs are old while 251,951 are new.
Wariowei, who noted that collection of the PVCs is ongoing ahead of the 2023 general election, said the commission’s office is open from Monday to Friday, including weekends.
He said: “The uncollected old PVCs were 425,239, but 15,407 have been collected, remaining the balance of 409,832. Also, the new PVCs received were 289,931, but 37,980 have been collected, remaining the balance of 251,951.”
Wariowei further disclosed that 460 PVCs were collected on January 1, across the local government areas in the state.
He explained that the collection of PVC is ongoing on a daily basis, including Saturdays and Sundays (excluding public holidays) from 9 am to 3 pm at INEC offices across the 18 local governments.