Lagos Leads Kano, Kaduna As INEC Reveals 87 Million Nigerians Collected PVCs
News reaching Vondigest is that the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor MahmoodYakubu has revealed that Lagos State has the highest number of registered voters for the 2023 election.
The electoral umpire disclosed that 87,209, 007 voters collected their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) out of the country’s 93,469,008 registered voters.
Vondigest reports that INEC’s National Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu made this known on Thursday, during the commission’s daily media briefing.
Yakubu put the rate of new PVCs collected after the last Continuous Voter Registration (VCR) exercise at 93.3%.
According to him, a state-by-state breakdown of the collected PVCs showed that Lagos led with 6,214,970 collected voter cards, Kano had 5,594,193 while collected PVCs in Kaduna stood at 4,164, 475.
He added that the total number of uncollected PVCs stood at 6,259,229 (6.7%) as of February 5, 2023.
INEC Laws And All Electoral Offences To Avoid
Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies have expressed their readiness for the 2023 general elections.
As Nigerians prepare to vote for their next leaders it is expedient for voters to understand electoral offences and how to avoid them during and after the elections.
The offences and corresponding penalties are contained in the Commission’s Electoral Offences and Penalties published in February 2019.
These are some of the electoral offences prescribed by Nigerian Law as of December 31, 2018.
Voter Registration
OFFENCE: Registering more than once, unlawful possession of a voter’s card, selling or buying of voters card.
PENALTY: A fine not exceeding N100,000 or imprisonment for one year or both.
