The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says about 1,906,390 Permanent Voter Cards have been collected by registered voters in Osun State ahead of August 15, 2026 governorship election in the state.
A statement by the National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna, on Thursday said the figure represents 81.50 per cent of the 2,339,233 registered voters in the state, leaving 426,842 PVCs, representing 18.50 per cent, uncollected.
Haruna stated that the uncollected PVCs had been safely deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria.
“Out of the total of 2,339,233 registered voters in the state, 1,906,390 PVCs, representing 81.50 per cent, have been collected.
“The remaining 426,842 PVCs, representing 18.50 per cent, have been safely deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria in line with the Commission’s established practice,” he said.
According to him, 6,101 persons who applied for replacement of damaged, defaced or lost PVCs printed downloadable copies of their cards.
The INEC senior official further said that a polling-unit-by-polling-unit table of the PVCs collected had been published on its website.
He reassured political parties, civil society organisations, the media and residents of the state of its readiness to conduct the election scheduled for Saturday, August 15.