Over 300,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are yet to be collected in the Federal Capital Territory about 24 hours before the deadline given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the collection of PVCs.
A document obtained by Punch from the INEC FCT office showed that the total number of uncollected PVCs from 2011 and 2019 was 229,371, while the number uncollected between 2021 and January 30, 2023, was 79, 817.
A further breakdown showed that among the six area councils in the territory, Abuja Municipal Area Council recorded the highest number of uncollected PVCs with 193, 955 uncollected, while Bwari and Gwagwalada had 64,516 and 25,126 uncollected PVCs respectively.
Kwali Area Council had 16,585, Kuje, 5,651; and Abaji, 3,355, totaling 309,188 uncollected PVCs.
A day to the January 29, PVC collection deadline, INEC extended it to February 5, 2023, to allow more people to collect their voter cards.
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The extension came after the electoral body had earlier given a one-week extension from the earlier deadline date of January 22, 2023.
The National Commissioner and Chairman of, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, had in a statement said the February 5 deadline would be the last extension given by the commission.
He noted that the time for the daily collection, including Saturdays and Sundays, would be extended by two hours, to end at 5pm.
