INEC: NORTH HAS THE HIGHEST PVCs BY REGIONAL ANALYSIS

According to the regional analysis of the number of PVCs released by INEC,Northern Nigeria has the highest number of PVCs.

The states and regional analysis shows that three geo-political zones in the north have the highest number of PVCs in summation.

The analysis being reported by Vanguard has it that Lagos State, has the highest number of uncollected PVCs with 1.4 million cards, followed by Oyo state (700,000) and Edo state with 540,000.

Ogun State has the highest percentage of least collected PVCs, while Bauchi and Zamfara, recorded the highest rate of collection by number and percentage.

Sunday Vanguard reports that INEC still has to print about 4.23 million PVCs even as it embarks on another CVR this month.
Of the nearly 66.5 million registered voters in the country, about 54.43 million have PVCs leaving a balance of 12.03 million in uncollected and yet-to-be printed PVCs.
By regional analysis, out of the over 13.73 million registered voters in the South West, about 9.24 million have their PVCs. The rest have either not been collected or printed.
In the South South with about 10.1 million registered voters, those with PVCs are 8.42 million.
For the South East with about 7.67 million registered voters, 6.62 million are armed with their PVCs.
The insurgency-ravaged North East with a registered voter population of 9.12 million has about 7.92 million voters with PVCs.
The North West has the highest figure both in terms of registered voters and those with PVCs. While the zone has 16. 13 million registered voters, those with PVCs are 14.56 million. In the North Central where there are 9.77 million registered voters,   7.66 million have their PVCs.
North Central has 9.77 million registered voters,   7.66 million have their PVCs.

The state-by-state analysis of PVCs available in each state with both registered voters cards and collection rate is presented below as published on Sunday Vanguard.


SOUTH WEST          
R/Voters    C’llted          Rmrks
Lagos           5,822,20        3,799,274
Oyo               2,415,566     1,639,967
Ondo           1,524,655      1,118,479
Ogun           1,829,534      1,125,657
Ekiti             732,021       522,107
Osun            1,407,107      1.033,229
Total         13,731,090   9,238,713         67%

SOUTH SOUTH
Edo           1,779,738    1,230,566
Delta          2,275,264    1,939,952
Rivers         2,537,590     2,127,837
Bayelsa       610,373       548,585
C/River       1,175,623     983,968
Akwa Ibom  1,680,759     1,587,566
Total         10,059,347    8,418,474         83%

SOUTH EAST
Enugu       1,429,221     1,223,606
Anambra    1,963,173     1,658,967
Ebonyi        1,074,273     848,392
Abia          1,396,162     1,183,127
Imo           1,803,030    1,707,449
Total          7,665,859     6,621,541       86%

NORTH EAST
Adamawa     1,559,012    1,381,571
Yobe           1,099,970     824,401
Borno          1,934,079    1,407,777
Bauchi         2,054,125    1,967,081
Gombe         1,120,023    1,070,725
Taraba          1,340,652    1,270,889
Total             9,107,861   7,922,444    86%

NORTH WEST
Kaduna        3,407,222     3,174,519
Kano           4,975,701    4,112,039
Jigawa          1,831,276   1,757,658
Sokoto          1,611,929   1,527,004
Kebbi           1,470,648   1,372,630
Katsina         2,827,943    2,620,096 Zamfara        1,495,717    1,435,452
Total             16,124,719  14,563,946   90%

NORTH CENTRAL
Benue           2,015,452   1,607,800
Plateau         2,001,825   1,508,585
Niger           2,014,317    1,682,058
Kwara          1,142,267    889,067
Nasarawa      1,242,667   1,048,053
Kogi             1,350,883   926,013
Total:             9,767,411   7,661,576 

The above statistics has it that the North has the highest number of registered and collected PVCs.