The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the distribution of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) ahead of the Ondo state governorship election.
INEC national chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu revealed this while addressing representatives of political parties at the INEC headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, October 17.
His words: “With just 29 days (or four weeks) to the Ondo State Governorship election, today’s meeting is no exception. Only two days ago, the Commission presented the register of voters to political parties in our State office in Akure.
“With this development, we have successfully accomplished 10 out of the 13 activities listed in the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the election.
“The remaining activities are the publication of the Notice of Poll, the Last Day of Campaign and Election Day. Although we have already published the Timetable, we are once again including copies in your folders for this meeting for guidance.
“We have included in your folders for this meeting a summary of the list of polling and collation agents for the Ondo State election. The Commission is glad to note that all political parties fielding candidates for the election are in full compliance with the requirements for the upload.
“We are working in earnest to ensure that we deliver the identification tags for each of the 24,148 agents uploaded to our portal.
“The Commission is also glad to report that the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) from the last Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) commenced today in Ondo State.
“For the next five days (17th – 21st October 2024), the cards will be available for collection at each of the 203 wards across the State.
“Thereafter, the cards will be available for collection in our 18 Local Government Area offices in the State for one week (23rd – 29th October 2024). As earlier announced, the centres will be open to citizens from 9 am – 5 pm daily.”
He added that a document containing the names and location addresses of the 221 collection centres has already been uploaded to INEC’s website for public information.