The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that collection of the newly printed Permanent Vote Cards, PVCs, will be on personal recognition and not by proxy.
Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Oyo State, Professor Adeniran Tella, made the disclosure in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Tuesday.
Tella explained that the collection of the newly printed PVCs in the state ahead of the 2027 general elections is expected to commence on Friday, 9th October, 2026.
He however insisted that nobody will be allowed to collect the PVCs on behalf of another person.
According to him, the collection will take place in all the 33 INEC local government area offices in the state.
The REC enjoined members of the public and stakeholders in the electoral system to cooperate with the commission.
Tella also revealed that a lot of uncollected PVCs are still in the custody of the commission.
He concluded by advising the owners to use the window period to collect them.
“INEC Oyo State, is to commence the distribution of newly printed Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) across all the 33 INEC Local Government Area Offices in the State as from Friday, 9th October 2026 ahead of the forthcoming general elections.
“The collection of these PVCs would be strictly personal and not by proxy. The commission has made adequate arrangement to ensure that the exercise remained transparent, orderly and peaceful in collaboration with security agents across the State.
“The commission still have quite a number uncollected old PVCs in the last held 2023 general election in the state,” he said.
2027: Collection of PVCs on personal recognition, not by proxy – INEC