The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received non-sensitive materials for the September 19 governorship election in Edo State.
The electoral body said the 2019 voters register, which has 2,210,334 registered voters will be used, stating that due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, there would be no distribution of unclaimed Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).
INEC Public Affairs Officer in Edo, Mrs. Tina Obamogie, disclosed this in Benin City, saying that the materials had been distributed to the 18 councils ahead of the election with no fewer than 14 political parties participating in the election.
“There are 483,868 unclaimed PVCs, but due to the of coronavirus pandemic, this is not the period to distribute PVCs,” she added.The commission, last Friday, displayed the credentials of the 14 governorship candidates that will slug it out in the September 19 ballot.