Dr Adeniran Tella, Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Oyo State, says the success of Saturday's mock accreditation in the state is an affirmation
Dr Adeniran Tella, Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Oyo State, says the success of Saturday’s mock accreditation in the state is an affirmation that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, has come to stay.
He led other management staff of the commission alongside the State Director of the National Orientation Agency, Mr Kayode Odedokun; representatives of security agencies and para-military agencies to monitor the exercise. Briefing newsmen at the end of the exercise, Tella said he was impressed with the turnout of the electorate, “in spite of the fact that this is not a real election, people were fully aware.According to him, the BVAS machines performed excellently well “as the commission expected”.“It is the game changer and we are making use of it in this coming general elections for authentication, verification, uploading and accreditation,” Tella said.
Tella explained that the enactment of a set of laws embedded in the new Electoral Act, 2022, was to strengthen the electoral process in the real sense.
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