Dr Mutiu Agboke, the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun, says 360,794 Permanent Voter Cards(PVC) are yet uncollected by registered voters in the state.
Agboke made this known at a news conference in Osogbo, on the preparedness of the commission for the Osun 2026 governorship election and the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).
He said that Osun State has a total number of 1,954,800 registered voters with 360,794 permanent voter cards yet to be collected.
He urged journalists to assist the commission in enlightening and mobilising the electorate to come out for the CVR and collection of their PVC.
“We are here again to solicit your unwavering support for the two major activities we have ahead.
“First is the Continuous Voters Registration and the 2026 Governorship Election in Osun State.
“The CVR shall commence with an online registration on Aug. 18, while the in-person or physical registration shall commence on Aug. 25, across the 30 local government offices in Osun, including the Area office at Modakeke,” he said
Agboke said that the online registration for prospective registrant would be done on the inec website: www.cvr.inecnigeria.org.
He said after completing the online registration forms, prospective registrants can later visit INEC local government offices for biometrics capturing, which includes facials and fingerprints.
He said the physically biometric capturing shall be done between the hours of 9a.m and 3p.m daily, at no cost.
The REC said that notice of election for the 2026
Governorship Election shall be released and posted in all the 30
local government offices and the Area Office on Aug. 13.
He said other programmes relating to the Osun governorship election would follow a series of activities, as contained in the time table released by the commission’s headquarters. (NAN)
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