1.38m PVCs Yet To Be Collected In Lagos – REC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has, on Thursday revealed that about 1.38 million Permanent Voter’s Cards were yet to be reclaimed in Lagos State.

Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Sam Olumekun, made this known during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.

“We still have about 1.38 million PVCs uncollected as we speak. Only about 15 per cent of the 2017 new registrants whose cards have been produced have come to pick their cards. It is very poor.

“We have also added close to 750, 000 new registrants, whose cards are still going to be produced and distributed.

“Of course, the ones (PVCs) newly printed for those who registered in 2017, people are coming to collect them than those which had been there since 2011 elections,” he said.

The Lagos State REC, further admonished Lagos electorate to visit the commission’s offices in all the 20 Local Government in the state to claim their card.

He added that this will give them the leverage to perform their civic obligation come 2019.

“We are still looking at the possibility of going to meet the people; taking the cards to them, but we are still looking at that. It is going to be a policy issue,” Olumekun said.