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Monday, February 2, 2015

THISDAY: INEC YET TO DISTRIBUTE 26m PVCs

Last week, INEC said it had distributed over 42.77 million PVCs to eligible voters expected to vote in the general election.
The figure represents 62.15 per cent of the total number of registered voters of 68.3 million.
A breakdown provided by the commission showed that 1,020,997 (73 percent) had been distributed in Abia State; Adamawa - 1,239,820 (79 percent); Akwa Ibom -1,328,714 (79.05); and Anambra - 1,222, 002 (62.25)
Others are Bauchi - 1,745,441 (84.97); Bayelsa - 386,125 (63.26); Benue - 1,132,187 (56.18); Borno - 999,470 (56.18); Cross River - 776,977 (66.09); Delta - 1,422,595 (62.52); Ebonyi - 714,351 (66.50); Edo - 1,046,960 (58.63); Ekiti - 492,869 (67.33); Enugu - 738,933 (51.70); FCT - 459,913 (52.18); Gombe - 873,698 (78.0); and Imo - 682,046 (37.24).
In Jigawa, 1,460,620 (79.76) registered voters have collected their PVCs; Kaduna - 2,976,628 (87.36); Kano - 2, 612,400 (52.50); Katsina - 2,245,303 (79.40); Kebbi - 1,232,357 (83.8); Kogi - 773,197 (57.24); Kwara - 711,920 (62.33); Lagos: 2,267,039 (38.39); Nasarawa - 850,619 (66.45); Niger - 1,250,379 (62.07); Ogun - 666,752 (36.4); Ondo - 824,715 (54.09); Osun - 995,562 (70.75); Oyo - 1,156,593 (47.88); Plateau - 1,141,260 (57.01); Riverrs - 1,253,606 (49.40); Sokoto - 1,211,717 (75.17); Taraba - 1,079,383 (80.51); Yobe - 740,336 (67.31); and Zamfara - 1,045,855 (69.92).
The commission further stated that it had distributed 145,000 card readers that are expected to be used in the 119,973 polling units nationwide.

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