The Independent National Electoral Commission has said 87,209,007 permanent voter cards have been collected across the country.
INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, announced the development on Thursday during a briefing at the national collation centre in Abuja.
The commission had initially fixed December 12 to January 22 for the exercise in all the 774 local government areas
The commission then extended the deadline till January 29 and then again till February 5.