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Osun 2026: Help mobilise electorates to come out for registration and collection of PVCs. as over 360,794 PVCs remain uncollected-- INEC appeals media

by KakakiOodua Media Services in Osun, Politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday lamented over uncollected 360,794 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the 2026 Osun state governorship election.

INEC disclosed that as of July 2026, there are 1,954,800 registered voters, noting that the commission will commence the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) on August 25th 2025.

Speaking at NUJ correspondents’ chapel, Osogbo, Osun State, the Resident Electoral Commission (REC), Dr Mutiu Agboke, highlighted that the CVR is to accommodate fresh eligible voters, transfer of cards, and replacement of defaced cards and lost PVCs.

Agboke solicited support from stakeholders, including the media, in ensuring mobilisation for the CVR, as he explained that the exercise will commence on 18th August 2025, with online registration on www.cvr.inecnigeria.org and warned staff of the commission against demanding money from registrants for the exercise.

He said, “In Osun State, we have a total number of 1,954,800 registered voters and the sum of 360,794 permanent voter cards uncollected. We implore the media to help mobilise the electorate to come out for registration and collection of PVCs. No PVC, no voting.”

Commenting on the usage of the Bi-modal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS), he said, “Supreme Court did not overrule the application and usage of BVAS, but re-emphasised the fundamentals of the voters register as the basis of anything that INEC wanted to do.

“By the 2022 Electoral Act, the commission has the power to deploy technology to deepen the process; therefore, we can come up 2027 with another kind of technology because we have the basis of it in law. So BVAS is part and parcel of our process.”

“Overvoting happens without our knowledge, and that is why we are asking stakeholders to join hands with us. BVAS is an offline machine; it only needs a network if you want to upload to the portal. We will tackle overvolving with the best of our ability.”

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