By Vincent Ujumadu & Fancis Igata

Awka — THE  Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Anambra State, Mr. Edwin Nwatarali, has said the state has achieved 71 per cent level of Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, collection.

Addressing reporters in Awka, Nwatarali said following the low level collection rate, he embarked on tour of INEC offices in the 21 local government areas where he interacted with the stakeholders, noting that with improved public enlightenment, the people had seen the need to collect their cards.

“I can happily tell you that the tour had started yielding results and going by the data available to me, the percentage of collected PVCs in Anambra has risen to 71 per cent, as against 55 per cent when I assumed office.”