“Our records show that the success rate for BVAS accreditation stands at 98% compared to the Smart Card Reader’s 29.2% during the 2019 General Election,” the INEC chairman said.
, has said that the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System technology used in the 2023 elections recorded a 98 per cent success rate.
Mr Yakubu, a professor, said the BVAS technology deployed for the elections showed a significant progress of 98 per cent success rate compared to the 29.2 per cent of the Smart Card Readers in the previous 2019 general elections. The meeting with the RECs is the first of the activities to review the 2023 general elections held on 25 February and 18th March and supplementary elections in some constituencies on 15 April.
He added that the commission had received reports from 54 accredited national and international observers. According to him, the currency and fuel scarcity that characterised the days before the elections did not also affect the conduct of the elections as polls continued on the same day. He said the 2023 elections produced the most diverse outcomes ever recorded since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999.
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