The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kogi State, Gabriel Longpet, has said that at the close of the collection window on October 15th, only 20,000 PVCs had been collected out of the outstanding 128,000 left uncollected before the general election of February 2023.
He also said about 108,000 registered voters will not be able to vote during the governorship election in Kogi State.
According to him, the figure represents the number of registered voters who have refused to show up for the collection of their Permanent Voters Cards, or PVCs, during the last collection window of September 10th to October 9th, 2023.
Speaking to newsmen in Lokoja, he noted that the last day was October 9 for the collection of PVCs. They identified the number yet to be collected as 108,000 PVCs, stressing that the commission thought it wise to give more people the opportunity to come forward and collect theirs since the majority of those affected were those who had requested a transfer and those who had defaced their cards.
“We have since gone through, and I am sad to say that within the period of four weeks, we were not able to distribute to people the number of PVCs.
People didn’t come to collect; actually, just about 20,000 out of the 128,000 were collected during the period of the four weeks.”Dr. Longpet said
On steps being put in place to ease accessibility to flood-prone areas, the Resident Electoral Commissioner said that such areas as Ibaji, Kupa, Egon, and others already identified would be given special consideration.
“We are talking to the Air Force and Baby to see the possibility of making use of their Aircraft and boats for conveying both personnel and electoral materials to and from those areas,” he said
Dr Longpet also commented on ad hoc staff, which he said would be warned not to use any bank not recognised by the Central Bank of Nigeria to avoid delay in payment of their wages after the election.
“Some of those who experienced a delay in payment of their wages last time were those who used online banks that were not recognised by the CBN, like ‘Opay, Palmpay, Kuda, and other online banks.
We will not accept those banks this time around to avoid the unpleasant experience of not getting paid when it is due.
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