2023: 87.2m Nigerians with PVCs to decide fate of Obi, Atiku, Tinubu others fate

By David Oluwaseun

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 87,209,007 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), representing 93.3 per cent, have been collected ahead of the forthcoming general election.

INEC disclosed that 6,259,229 PVCs, representing 6.7 per cent, were uncollected.

The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the press briefing on the commission’s preparations for the 2023 general election in Abuja on Thursday.

Yakubu stated that the total number of registered voters was 93,469,008, adding that the 2023 general election will be held in 176,606 polling units (excluding the 240 polling units without registered voters) simultaneously.