14m PVCs Yet to be Collected - INEC

Checking for PVCs

• 2m collected in 10 days

Chuks Okocha in Abuja

Ahead of the 2015 general elections and March 8 deadline for the collection of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), a total of 14,505,729  PVCS are yet to be distributed.

According to the latest data from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday, a total of two million PVCs were collected in the last ten days.

By the recent data released by the electoral commission, a total of ‎54,327,747 or 78.93 percent, have been collected so far.

The commission further disclosed that a total of 67, 206,600 PVCs have been distributed to the states.

The last data released by INEC on February 17 showed that 52,275,367 PVCs or 75.94 percent were distributed.

It shows a difference of 2,052,380 (3.01 percent) between then and now.

Akwa Ibom State has recorded the highest number of PVCs collected so far at 1,587, 566 at 94.46 percent.

This is followed by Bauchi State, ‎where 1,938,192, PVCS have been collected at a rate of 94.36 percent.

The lowest state still remains Ogun State, where 808,590 PVCS have been collected at a rate of 44.20 percent.

In Zamfara State, 1,397,296 PVCs have been collected at a percentage of ‎93.42; in Taraba State, 1,252,491 have been collected at 93.42 percent.

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