A total of 460,643 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were uncollected in 11 years in the Federal Capital Territory, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said.
According to the commission, uncollected old PVCs from 2011-2019 stood at 230,007, while that of 2021-2022 was 230,636.
INEC gave the revelation in a one-page report on ‘total PVC received and collected as at December, 24 2022’ from the electoral operations department, FCT INEC office yesterday, in Abuja.
Recall that the commission had fixed January 22, 2023 as the deadline for collection of the PVCs by registrants ahead of the 2023 general elections.
According to the document, a total of 305,960 PVCs were received from the commission’s Headquarters in 2021-2022 out of which 75,324 were collected and 230,636 were uncollected.
The breakdown of PVCs collected in 2021-2022 in the six area councils includes Abaji – 3,964; Bwari -15,554; Gwagwalada – 12,367; Kuje -10,124; Kwali – 5,623; and Abuja Municipal (AMAC) – 27,692.
The document also showed that AMAC recorded the highest number of uncollected PVCs in 2021-2022 at 143,832, followed by Bwari at 50,935; Gwagwalada at 20,002; Kuje at 8,305; Abaji at 3,849; and Kwali 3,713 respectively.
Also, a total of 1,229,894 PVCs were received from the Headquarters from 2011-2019 with 999,887 PVCs were collected while 230,007 were uncollected.
