A complete of 52,225 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are but to be collected in Bayelsa State forward of the 2027 basic elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated.
The fee disclosed this at a stakeholders’ assembly in Yenagoa on Tuesday, the place INEC, safety businesses, political events and civil society organisations known as for peaceable campaigns and credible elections.
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Bayelsa, Isah Shaka Ehimeakhe, urged political events, conventional rulers, non secular leaders, civil society teams and the media to encourage eligible voters who had registered to gather their playing cards.
According to the figures launched by INEC, Ekeremor Local Government Area has the best variety of uncollected PVCs, with 12,023, adopted by Sagbama with 10,080 and Southern Ijaw with 7,115.
Yenagoa has 6,332 uncollected playing cards, Brass 6,211, Kolokuma/Opokuma 3,712, Nembe 3,620 and Ogbia 3,132.
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Ehimeakhe urged political events to maintain peaceable campaigns and deal with their insurance policies and programmes quite than hate speech, private assaults and misinformation.
He stated campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly elections started on August 19, 2026, and would finish at midnight on January 14, 2027.
A consultant of the Peoples Democratic Party known as on INEC to contemplate various preparations for residents of distant riverine communities who face excessive transportation prices when travelling to gather their PVCs.
He additionally urged the fee to publish voter registration and PVC assortment figures to assist political events and different stakeholders establish areas requiring extra mobilisation, particularly communities accessible primarily by water.
On safety, the Bayelsa State Commissioner of Police, Ajao Saka Adewale, urged politicians to place the nationwide curiosity above private ambitions and keep away from statements or actions that might result in violence.
He known as on political actors to assist peaceable campaigns and contribute to the conduct of credible elections within the state.
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