State By State Distribution of PVC So Far Collected According to INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared that 42,779,339 PVCs have been distributed so far, out of the 68 million cards billed to be distributed to eligible voters.

This put the percentage of collected PVCs at 62.15 per cent, with 26million PVCs yet to be collected.

In the state by state breakdown by the commission, Abia State has distributed 1,020,997 (73 per cent); Adamawa: 1,239,820 (79 per cent); Akwa Ibom: 1,328,714 (79.05 per cent); Anambra: 1,222, 002 (62.25 per cent).

Others are Bauchi: 1,745,441 (84.97 per cent); Bayelsa 386,125 (63.26); Benue: 1,132,187 (56.18); Borno: 999, 470 (56.18); Cross River: 776,977 (66.09)

Others are 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); Imo: 682,046- (37.24).

Jigawa: 1,460,620 (79.76); 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); Rivers: 1,253,606 (49.40); Sokoto: 1,211,717 (75.17); Taraba:1,079,383 (80.51); Yobe: 740,336 (67.31); Zamfara: 1,045,855 (69.92).

Last week, the commission declared that it has taken delivery of four million additional cards which were moved to the field.

But earlier this month, the commission disclosed that based on a documentation it did in August 2014, 38 million cards were distributed leaving a total of 15 million uncollected.

This was however before the voters’ register was reviewed from 70,383,427 to the current state.

According to that data released by INEC, out of the 54,341610 PVCs printed, only 38,774391 were distributed, which is 71.35 per cent of the PVCs printed.

Going state by state, Lagos State with four million PVCs, only 53.98 per cent or 2,159,091 voters have received their PVCs, leaving behind 1,840,909 eligible voters without the PVCs.

Also in Rivers State, with a registered 1,956,983 voters, only 1,253,606 or 64.06 per cent have been distributed, leaving behind 703,377 voters without the PVCs.

Another state seriously affected by the poor distribution of the PVCs is Imo State, where 1,252,307 PVCs were received but only 682,046 (54.46 per cent) voters have received their PVCs, leaving behind 570,261 eligible voters without the PVCs.

In Kano State, 3,198,859 PVCs were received but only 59.64 per cent were distributed, with 427,674 PVCs yet to be distributed.

Also in Anambra State, a total number of 1,665,342 PVCs were received but only 862,747 were successfully distributed or 51.81 per cent with 802,595 PVCs are yet to be collected by the eligible voters in the state. In Oyo State, 1,985,370 PVCs were received with 1,141,405 or 57.49 per cent distributed and 843,965 as at press times yet to be distributed.

The distribution of the PVCs in Jigawa State was partly successful as out of 1,551,831 PVCs distributed, 1,460,620 or 94.12 per cent were distributed, leaving behind only 91,211 voters yet to collect their PVCs.

The modest, yet significant, increase in collection of the PVCs, was largely due to the directive of President Goodluck Jonathan to INEC for all eligible voter to get his or her card, which precipitated the decentralisation of the distribution process of the PVCS from the local government to the ward level.

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