Politics

2019: INEC registers 2,454,200 voters in Plateau

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5 years ago

November 20, 2018

THE Independent National Electoral Commission says it has registered a total of 2 , 454 , 200 voters in Plateau State ahead of the 2019 general elections .
The electoral body said the figure was more than the number registered in the state during the 2015 elections.

Mr Osaretin Imahiyereobo , Head of Department , Voter Education and Publicity in the state disclosed this in a statement in Jos on Tuesday .

Imahiyereobo said , “ The total registered voters in Plateau State now stands at 2 , 454 , 200 . The total registered voters for 2015 elections was 2 , 003 , 046 .

Imahiyereobo explained that the Commission recently took delivery of another batch of 326 , 889 Permanent Voter Cards bringing the number received by the state to 451 , 154 for those who registered between April 2017 to August 31 , 2018 .

He said , ” The state had earlier received 124 , 265 PVCs earlier in the year . The total PVCs collected so far by the registered as of November 16 , is 114 , 443 out of 255 , 306 leaving a balance of 140 , 863 .

The INEC official urged those who registered and had not collected their PVCs to visit the nearest Local Government Area office to do so.