2019 election: Over 1.5m PVCs collected in Edo REC
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by nefishetu yakubu1 a of total of 1519350 permanent voter cards pvc have been collected by registered voters in edo ahead of the 2019 general elections1 mr emmanuel alex-hart the resident electoral commissioner rec in the state disclosed this to newsmen in benin1 alex-hart said that the independent national election commission inec office in benin received 1992826 pvcs from the commissions headquarters for registered voters in the state1 he said that the figure received from the commissions headquarters represented the total registered number of voters in the state from 2011 to date1 the rec however said 473476 pvcs had yet to be collected by their owners in the state1 according to him the continued voter education and sensitisation by inec was yielding results in the state adding that registered voters turnout for pvc collection was impressive1 alexhart further said that the commission had also commenced the sensitisation of eligible voters and all the stakeholders against vote buying1 to achieve this we have started sanitising the electorate through the churches motor parks and worship centres among others1 the commission has also given the responsibility to apprehend and prosecute whoever that is caught buying votes during elections he said. nan1