The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has affirmed that the commission is fully prepared for the general elections scheduled to hold on February 25, 2023.
While addressing the press at the maiden briefing for the election in Abuja on Thursday, he also announced that 87 million Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have so far been collected ahead of the general elections.
A breakdown of the figure shows that Lagos leads in the number of collected PVCs with 6,214,970. This is closely followed by Kano with 5,594,193, and Kaduna with 4,164, 473
Prof. Yakubu said the Commission was good to go on the election as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had provided the cash required for payment to some critical service providers.
According to him, 1,574,301 identification cards have been produced for the 18 political parties’ polling Unit agents and 68,057 Collation Agents at the registration area/ward, local government and the state.
The INEC Chairman reassured Nigerians and the international community on the preparedness of the Commission for the elections, stressing that the Commission is determined to put everything in place for a free,fair and credible elections.
He stated that the commission has fully recovered from the attacks on its facilities, and its website is activated to accommodate 200million hits at a time.
