The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Owerri says 134,000 Permanent Voter Cards were yet to be picked by registrants barely seven weeks to the November 11 Governorship election in the State.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Sylvia Agu, told newsmen that INEC resumed the issuance of PVCS for the election on September 11 and that the exercise would continue until October 9, urging Imo residents to collect their PVCS at the INEC offices in their Council Areas, while those in Orsu Local Government Area should collect theirs at the State Office In Owerri.
She added that apart from the 27 Local Government Area Offices, INEC has also created some centres for PVC collection for registration areas that have more than 1,000 uncollected PVCS.
Agu further stated that INEC was fully prepared for the election in Imo and that all non-sensitive materials had been received and would be distributed to the various Local Government Areas appropriately.
