GOVERNORSHIP/STATE ASSEMBLY POLLS: INEC’s Pledge On BVAS Will Encourage Voter Turnout – CSOs Columns CoverStories News BVASMachines
But in order not to discourage Nigerians from turning out to vote in the gubernatorial and state assembly elections taking place in 28 states this coming Saturday, INEC reassured Nigerians that it would use electronic devices for voting and transmission of the election results.
He noted that the pledge by INECto do the needful in terms of BVAS next Saturday will encourage Nigerians to vote and reduce voter apathy unlike what happened penultimate Saturday. “INEC should do the needful. INEC must ensure the BIVAS work in the gubernatorial elections. If Nigerians’ confidence is built in the next election, it will be good. The commission should not give a promise they can’t fulfill”.
Also speaking, a youth leadership advocate, Dr Ademola Bayonle, said INEC must show commitment to its words in order not to discourage young Nigerians from voting. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this in Abuja at a meeting with the resident electoral commissioners at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
He said, “Certificates of Return will be presented to Senators-elect on Tuesday 7th March 2023 at 11.00am at the National Collation Centre , Abuja, while Members of the House of Representatives-elect will receive theirs the following day, Wednesday 8th March 2023, at 11.00am at the same venue. He noted that Saturday’s meeting is the third in less than two months and that like the last two meetings, the purpose was to discuss the conduct of the 2023 general election arising from the presidential and National Assembly elections held a week ago, and with the governorship and state assembly elections taking place next week.”No doubt, he said that last week’s presidential and National Assembly elections raised a number of issues that require immediate, medium, and long-term solutions.
Yakubu said a lot of lessons have been learnt and that of immediate concern to the commission was how the identified challenges can be addressed as the nation approaches the concluding phase of the general election involving the largest number of constituencies being 28 state governorship elections and 993 state Houses of Assembly seats.
He said, “Election Day logistics must be finalised days before the election and handled by the Electoral Officers at Local Government level. This has been our standard practice. Yakubu also said that refresher training must be conducted for ad hoc staff that participated in the last election. “The deployment of BVAS has gone a long way to sanitise voter accreditation as can be seen from the result of recent elections. Since last week, the commission has intensified the review of the technology to ensure that glitches experienced, particularly with the upload of results are rectified. We are confident that going forward the system will run optimally,” Yakubu said.
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