The 2022 Electoral Act, which set the motion for the digitalisation of Nigeria’s electoral process, is aimed at improving the integrity of elections in the country.
Despite this, the Nigeria Computer Society recently asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to prepare for cyberattacks during the 2023 elections.
“First, INEC would subject its infrastructure to professional accreditation so that one would see the compliance of their e-readiness. Both as INEC and of course external people, INEC cannot be a judge on its own call. Professionals cannot also be accentuating the position of INEC without having the access to INEC infrastructure.”
“At the end of the day, somebody who is a human being might want to hack INEC. And there would also be someone on the defence who would defend this hacking. This is about processes. When you talk about hacking, you talk about the fortification of processes. Are the processes under INEC set right? Are the machines been configured? Are the technical experts up to the sequence of that been done?”
“INEC is to conduct elections and release the results. But then, it cannot do that without technology. And because they are not a tech company, they need tech services as another government organ that would be responsible for digital infrastructure provision to INEC. We are really at the starting point of democratic attainment, from the technological point of view. Our laws have to be revisited on how INEC is structured or restructured in the future.
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