BLAMING OPPOSITION FOR HUNGER IS ‘DELUSION’, ATIKU TELLS TINUBU. (PHOTO).

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Blaming opposition for hunger is ‘delusion’, Atiku tells Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Tinubu of blaming the opposition for the country’s economic hardship. He said the President was trying to evade responsibility for his administration’s policies. Tinubu had earlier on Saturday blamed his political opponents for hunger and poverty in the country while speaking at the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign flag-off in Kaduna. “I hear my opponent talking about hunger, poverty. Who created it? They did! They created the hunger, they created the poverty. We are trying to eradicate it,” the President said. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, said Nigerians were entitled to demand answers from the APC-led government over rising living costs, poverty, insecurity and questions surrounding public expenditure. In a statement issued on Saturday by the Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidential Ca...

379,245 PVCs UNCOLLECTED AHEAD OF SATURDAY'S POLL- INEC. (PHOTO).


 379,245 PVCs uncollected ahead of Saturday’s poll — INEC

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As Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election in Edo State approaches, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 379,245 Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs), representing 14.43%, remain uncollected.


Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, revealed this in a statement on Tuesday.


Despite a three-day extension granted by INEC following a stakeholders’ meeting, aimed at ensuring a successful election, a significant number of PVCs are still uncollected.


The total number of registered voters in Edo State stands at 2,629,025. Of these, 2,249,780 (85.57%) have collected their PVCs, while 379,245 (14.43%) are still pending collection as of the end of the extended period on Sunday, 16th September 2024.


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In preparation for the election, INEC has released data on PVC collection by Polling Unit (PU) across the 4,519 PUs in the state.


Olumekun said the detailed breakdown of PVCs collected and those uncollected per unit has been uploaded to INEC’s website for the benefit of political parties, candidates, and the public.

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