The mock accreditation of voters scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted yesterday in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS)
and to upload the results of the polling units to the INEC Result Viewing Portal ahead of the off-cycle governorship elections in those states suggests readiness of the commission to sanitise the electoral process and make outcome of elections acceptable to the stakeholders. Although the INEC exercise may not reveal all potential challenges in the elections, there should be lessons for the umpire to take in moderating the polls.
The commission announced the plan to conduct the mock accreditation of voters ahead of the governorship elections in the three states scheduled for November 11, 2023. In a statement issued in Abuja and signed by the commission’s National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Sam Olumekun, the commission said that yesterday’s mock accreditation would be done using BVAS and the polling units’ results would be uploaded to the IReV.
Basically, this helps to ensure that the will of the people, the choice of the majority of the candidates registered for the election and actually participated in voting prevail and is accurately reflected by the outcome announced to the nation by the electoral umpire. To sanitise the electoral process, avoid crisis and boost credibility of the outcome, proper accreditation of voters and uploading of the results to IReV for all to see and be accurately guided should not be compromised. It is on the basis of this that the mock accreditation of voters and uploading of results to the portal ahead of the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states is a welcome move.
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