INEC distributes 1,108,495 voter cards in Ekiti, Osun

Attahiru Jega

INEC says it has distributed 1, 108,495 permanent voter cards to people who registered in 2011 in Ekiti and Osun states.

A statement by Mr Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary for INEC chairman, on Thursday in Abuja said the distributed cards were from 1,913,825 cards printed for the two states.
It said the commission had also conducted Continuous Voter Registration for those who had just turned 18 years in the two states
According to the statement, the distribution is in preparation for the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun scheduled to hold in June 21 and Aug. 9 respectively.
It said that the PVCs were distributed simultaneously in Ekiti and Osun between March 7 and March 9 while the CVR was conducted from March 12 to March 17.
“The cards were distributed at the polling unit level, namely at the existing 2,195 polling units in Ekiti and the 3, 010 polling units in Osun.
“The CVR was conducted at the Registration Area Centre (Ward) level of which Ekiti has 177 and Osun, 332,” it said.
It added that in Ekiti, the continuous voter registration was conducted in 29 existing polling units with less than 100 registered voters.
Source: NAN