The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says 116,745 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) belonging to newly registered voters are yet to be collected.
The commission's Administrative Secretary in Lagos, Adenike Tadese, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday.
Tadese said INEC received 177,295 PVCs for eligible residents who registered during Phase One of the 2025 Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.
According to her, the commission's weekly update as of Monday showed that 60,550 cards had been collected, leaving 116,745 awaiting collection.
She urged registered voters to collect their cards to enable them to participate in the 2027 general elections.
Tadese said the uncollected PVCs were available at INEC's local government offices across Lagos State.
She stressed that collection must be done personally by the registered owners and cannot be delegated to representatives.
"The cards are available for collection by their owners, not by proxy, at the various local government offices of the commission in Lagos," she said.
The INEC official also called on stakeholders to mobilise previously registered voters who had yet to collect their cards, as well as those who participated in the 2025 registration exercise.
She added that PVCs belonging to eligible residents who registered during the 2026 CVR exercise would soon be ready for collection.
Tadese urged voters to maintain orderliness during the collection process and called on political actors and other stakeholders to ensure peaceful and orderly campaigns ahead of the 2027 elections.
She reaffirmed INEC's commitment to conducting free, fair and credible elections in Lagos State.
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