2023 Election: Despite 14.2 Million Increase In PVC Collection, Presidential Poll Recorded 2.5 Million Decrease In Votes Cast

The just concluded controversial 2023 presidential election recorded about 2.5 million decline in the number of votes cast despite a 10.1 per cent increase in the number of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) collected as compared to the 2019 poll.

Data from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stated that a total of 93,469,008 Nigerians registered to exercise their franchise and 87,000,000 collected their PVCs fot the 2023 election.