THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says at least 72 million Nigerians collected their Permanent vVoter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the Saturday Presidential and National Assembly elections.
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Thursday while addressing a press conference in Abuja.
He said the 72.7 million Nigerians who have collected their PVCs represent 86.3 percent of the over 84 million registered voters in the country.
The Commission had said the total number of registered voters in the country stand at 84,004,084 — just 42 percent of Nigeria’s population which currently stands at 198 million.
He disclosed that the Commission has delivered all sensitive materials including smart card readers to all 21 LGAs as at Wednesday 20, February 2019 and all EOs have confirmed to have arrived safely. “We are ready to go,” he said.
TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS AND COLLECTED PVCs FOR THE 2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS#NigeriaDecides2019https://t.co/ikZxfRCdcq pic.twitter.com/ugw9gYryCb
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) February 21, 2019