78.93% of PVCs collected – INEC

The independent National Electoral Commission has put the percentage of Permanent Voter Cards collected at 78.93 per cent. This was contained in the report released by the commission in Abuja on Friday.

The figure was based on the report got by the commission from the field as of Friday.

While it put the number of registered voters at 68,833,476, it added that it had also delivered 67,206, 600 PVCs across the country.

However, the commission said that only 54,327,747 PVCs, which represent 78.93 per cent of the cards, had been collected.

Jigawa, Gombe and Akwa Ibom States top the list of states with highest PVCs collection.

While Jigawa State, which is from the North-West has a total of 1,831,276 registered voters, 1,794,646 of them had picked up their PVCs. This figure represents 98 per cent of PVCs collected in the state.

Gombe State with 1,120,023 registered voters, has recorded the collection of 1,064,577 PVCs which amounts to 95 per cent of the total PVCs for the state.

Akwa Ibom State came third with 94.46 per cent PVC collection out of its 1,680,759 registered voters. This means that 1,587,566 voters had picked their PVCs.

Leading from the rear is Ogun State where only 808,590 out of the 1,829,534 registered voters had collected their PVCs. This figure represents a mere 44.20 per cent.

However, the figure released by the commission indicated that 1,387,401 PVCs had been delivered to the state.

In the Federal Capital Territory, only 62 per cent of the 881,472 registered voters had collected their own PVCs.

Lagos State with 5,822,207 registered voters had recorded 63.44 per cent PVC collection. This shows that 3,693,355 of the cards had been collected by their owners. But the commission said that 5,558,062 cards had been delivered for voters in the state.

Meanwhile, the commission had also explained the use of Card Readers for the elections.

It said that for the first time in Nigeria’s electoral history, electronic voter authentication system, with the aid of smart card readers, is being deployed for the 2015 general elections.

In an explanatory note, the commission said that Card Readers had enormous advantages, which it said include: “Once configured, the Card Reader can only read PVCs issued by INEC,” adding that any person that showed up at the polling unit without a PVC or with a card not issued by INEC would not be able to vote.

The commission added that the “Card Reader reads the embedded chip on the PVC, not the barcode, and it shares a secret code with the PVC; thus it is impossible to falsify the cards.

“The Card Reader authenticates the identity of the voter by cross-matching his/her fingerprints with that stored on the embedded chip. No person can vote using another person’s PVC.

“The Card reader keeps a tally of all cards read, comprising the details of all voters verified as well as those not verified, and transmits the collected information to a central INEC server via GSM data service.”

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INEC pls ensure u deliver the remaining cards within the next two weeks. We don't want any excuse for the March 28th date.

Also, we expect to have at least 85% PVC collection for the elections. So pls improve on your strategy to convince eligible voters to come pick up their cards.

Jega and his team are trying, let us encourage them and also give them this stern warning that we want a free and fair elections!

On one man one vote we stand.

PS
#Ihavedecided.

APC WITCHCRAFT BROOM CARRYING PARTY


The Schizophrenic sick Pa Buhari is a terrorist, deranged old brainless super clueless bastard
Apc is boko haram
Thiefnu.bu is a pedophile drug dealer and a cocain sniffer

Buhari can only be president in sambisa and shekau would hand over to him.

Osinbajo is fake and a loafer

Amechi and Fashola are errand boys

aminashy:
APC WITCHCRAFT BROOM CARRYING PARTY


The Schizophrenic sick Pa Buhari is a terrorist, deranged old brainless super clueless bastard
Apc is boko haram
Thiefnu.bu is a pedophile drug dealer and a cocain sniffer

Buhari can only be president in sambisa and shekau would hand over to him.

Osinbajo is fake and a loafer

Amechi and Fashola are errand boys

All these PDP robots never even allow me post finish. Na waah oh. So na u dey for night shift today ba? Hope your coffee allowance is getting to sha? And has not been embezzled by that smooth mouth FFK?

While u continue monitoring the whole cyberspace and spilling trash to demonise the opposition, I hope u are aware there are degrees, professional courses and business u can do online?

You better make use of this free PDP internet to better your life now because either they lose or win, you will definitely be out of job until another election season. Ironically, it is even in your interest they lose sha, cos the incoming govt will perform better and stimulate the economy to generate actual employment for your likes.

aminashy:
APC WITCHCRAFT BROOM CARRYING PARTY
The Schizophrenic sick Pa Buhari is a terrorist, deranged old brainless super clueless bastard
Apc is boko haram
Thiefnu.bu is a pedophile drug dealer and a cocain sniffer
Buhari can only be president in sambisa and shekau would hand over to him.
Osinbajo is fake and a loafer
Amechi and Fashola are errand boys

You always post ds your rubbish everywhere. dont tell me u are not robot.

APC WITCHCRAFT BROOM CARRYING PARTY


The Schizophrenic sick Pa Buhari is a terrorist, deranged old brainless super clueless bastard
Apc is boko haram
Thiefnu.bu is a pedophile drug dealer and a cocain sniffer

Buhari can only be president in sambisa and shekau would hand over to him.

Osinbajo is fake and a loafer

Amechi and Fashola are errand boys

Ambode new recruit errand boy

Humblega:
You always post ds your rubbish everywhere. dont tell me u are not robot.

at this percent and they said pre Feb 14 "we are ready to conduct a free,fair and credible election"

whats the fairness in disenfranchising Nigerians and causing security issues with that.

i like Jega but he didnt do well on this.

my take on this

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