ABUJA, Nigeria – More than 95,000 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) remain uncollected in Plateau State, raising concerns about voter preparedness ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Plateau, Samuel Egwu, gave the figure during a press conference in Jos on Friday, urging eligible voters to collect their cards from designated centres before the elections.
Egwu said most of the outstanding cards belonged to residents who registered ahead of the 2023 general elections. “More than 95,000 PVCs from 2023 were still with our Electoral Officers across the state,” he said. He added that PVCs issued during the first phase of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, conducted between August and December 2025, were available for collection at INEC offices across Plateau’s 17 local government areas.
The REC also disclosed that more than 19,000 cards belonging to applicants who requested voter transfers and corrections were ready for collection.
According to him, PVCs generated during the second phase of the CVR exercise, which ran from January to April 2026, had been distributed to the 17 local government areas. Cards from the third phase were expected to be ready before the end of November. On preparations for the 2027 general elections, Egwu said non-sensitive election materials were already available at the commission’s office in Jos and would soon be distributed across the state.
He also said training had commenced for electoral officers who did not participate in the 2023 training programme, describing the activities as part of INEC’s preparations for the next elections. The outstanding PVCs highlight the need for sustained voter mobilisation and accessible collection arrangements as the country prepares for another general election.
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