- Over 500,000 Permanent Voter Cards have been colecetd by Ekiti residents
- This was made knwon by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
According to INEC, Ekiti has a total of 913,334 registered voters and 353,262 PVCs were yet to be collected by their owners
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has indicated that a total of 563, 051 Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) have been collected by registered voters in Ekiti State, 27 days to the governorship election.
Spokesman of the commission in the state, Taiwo Gbadegesin told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado Ekiti on Monday, June 18, that the state has a total of 913, 334 registered voters and that 353, 262 PVCs were yet to be collected by their owners.
On preparations for the election, Gbadegesan said that INEC was 94 per cent ready, adding that it had already distributed “virtually” all the non-sensitive election materials to all the 16 local governments.
He said the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, would visit the state on July 10, to interact with candidates and officials of the 35 political parties, as well as other stakeholders participating in the election.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that INEC had disqualified and expunged the name of the Providence People’s Congress (PPC)'s governorship candidate, Stephen Obasola, from the list of candidates for the July 14 Ekiti state election.
The electoral body said the PPC flag bearer was “technically disqualified” from the race.
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Obasola had emerged as governorship candidate in Ekiti through a primary supervised by INEC at the party’s secretariat located at Okesa area in Ado Ekiti.
Source: NAN
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