RECs To Brief INEC Chairman On BVAS Reconfiguration Today CoverStories News
Okoye said during the meeting each REC will explain the level of their preparedness for the polls in their respective states.
LEADERSHIP reports that the first phase of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections held on Saturday, February 25, produced president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and federal lawmakers. He maintained that the problem was totally due to technical hitches related to scaling up the IReV from a platform for managing off-season elections to one for managing nationwide general elections.INEC had last week postponed the March 11 governorship and state assembly elections by one week.
He said the commission’s decision has not been taken lightly but it is necessary to ensure that there is adequate time to back up the data stored on the over 176,000 BVAS machines from the presidential and National Assembly elections and then reconfigure them for the governorship and state assembly elections.
“We thank Nigerians and friends of Nigeria for their understanding as we continue to deal with these difficult issues and navigate these challenging times,” he said.
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