By Fawaz Balogun
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Oyo State, will begin distributing newly printed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) across the state’s 33 local government areas on Friday, October 9, 2026.
This was disclosed in an official media release signed by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Professor Adeniran Rahman Tella, on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
According to the release, the collection exercise will take place daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., excluding weekends and public holidays.
The commission stated that the exercise is intended for newly registered voters, those who recently transferred their polling units from one location to another, and those whose PVCs were lost or damaged during the last Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner emphasised that the collection of the PVCs would be strictly personal and not by proxy.
He added that the commission had made adequate arrangements to ensure a transparent, orderly and peaceful exercise in collaboration with security agents across the state.
Professor Tella also urged members of the public and other relevant stakeholders in the electoral process to cooperate with the commission by ensuring the prompt collection of the newly printed PVCs.
He noted that the commission still had a considerable number of uncollected PVCs from the 2023 general election in the state.
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