INEC Releases Unclaimed PVCs To Wards In Ikorodu -

Kunle ADELABU & Wale JAGUN

-Exercise starts Thursday 16, ends January 21

Residents collecting their PVCs from INEC officials at Anglican Primary School in Ikorodu on Thursday

In its effort to ensure that those that registered are not disenfranchised, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Ikorodu, last Wednesday, released list of areas where members of the public who are yet to pick up their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVCs) can do so.

The electoral body had on Sunday, January 13, 2019, announced that about one million unclaimed PVCs would be moved to 245 wards across the state.

THE IMPACT gathered that the Electoral Officer in Ikorodu met with party chairmen at the Ikorodu Government Reserved Area (GRA) Office of INEC where he released list of centres across the wards in Ikorodu division where residents can pick up their PVCs.

We also gathered that the PVCs would be available for collection between Wednesday, January 16 and Monday, January 21, 2019.

A source at the meeting told THE IMPACT that the Electoral Officer stated that the exercise is meant to make collection of PVCs easier for Lagosians.

He also stated that the exercise, which would come to an end on Jan. 21, would include Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. everyday”.

According to INEC State PRO in a release on Sunday, after Jan. 21, the collection would be reverted to the INEC’s office at Ikorodu GRA and other designated centres in the state.

He added that distribution of the PVCs at the local government level would be sustained until Feb. 8 which is the last day for the collection of voter’s cards for 2019 general elections.

Our reporter, who went round the designated centres, reported that the exercise was held at the United High School, Ikorodu, Anglican Primary School, Ikorodu, Methodist Primary School, Ibeshe Town, Ibeshe and Methodist Primary School, Oba Omolaja Ogunlewe Way, Igbogbo centres.

The exercise, we also gathered, was held at the Odogunyan Town hall, Odogunyan in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area.

The INEC officer at Methodist Primary School, Oba Omolaja Ogunlewe Way, Igbogbo and Anglican Primary School, Ikorodu, speaking with THE IMPACT stated that residents are turning out to collect their PVCs.

Alhaji Junaid Owokodu, former chairman, Ikorodu Local Government and APC chieftain (standing right) monitoring the exercise in one of the centres

At 2.30pm when our reporter was at Methodist Primary School in Igbogbo, our reporter was informed that over 60 residents had collected their PVC while same figure was given by the INEC officers at Anglican Primary Primary School when we visited at 2.51pm on Thursday, December 17

Around same time, we gathered that over 40 had collected at the United High School centre in Ikorodu

As at the time of filing this report, we were only able to get list of the PVCs collection centres in Ikorodu Central and Igbogbo/Bayeku Local Council Development Area.

Designated PVCs Collection Centres In Ikorodu Central :

ISELE 1, (Wards A and B): United High School, Ikorodu.

ISELE 11 , Ikorodu Town Hall.

ISELE 111, Salvation Army Primary School.

ISELE IV, (Aga Ijomu Wards E and F), Anglican Primary School.

Agura Iponmi Ward :