The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that 1,906,390 permanent voter cards, PVCs, have been collected ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State.
INEC’s National Commissioner, Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Mohammed Kudu Haruna, announced this on Friday.
INEC said the figure represented 81.5% of the total of 2,339,233 registered voters in the State.
According to the Commission, the remaining 432,843 PVCs, representing 18.50%, have been safely deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
INEC noted that some persons with damaged, defaced, or lost PVCs applied for replacement of their cards.
It added that a total of 6,101 among those who applied printed downloadable copies of their PVCs.
“A table of of the PVCs collected, Polling Unit by Polling Unit (PU), has been published on the Commission’s website,” INEC stated.
The Commission reassured political parties, civil society organisations, media, and the people of Osun State of its total readiness to conduct a free, fair, credible, transparent, and inclusive election on Saturday, 15th August 2026.
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