The INEC National commissioner, Festus Okoye, has said polling units have been moved from shrines, churches, mosques, and homes of powerful politicians to ensure election integrity. He also tasked voters to support the commission’s efforts through shared responsibility and mandate protection to ensure free and fair elections.
“We removed polling units from the palaces of traditional rulers, we removed polling units that are near the homes of politicians, we removed polling units that are in shrines, we also removed polling units from places we consider not conducive for electoral business,” he said. Who Is Afraid Of BVAS?
There have been reports of late that politicians who are against BVAS attempt to use the court of law to stop INEC from deploying BVAS in next year’s elections but the electoral body has consistently restated its commitment, and determination to deploy the system for the 2023 general elections.
BVAS is stipulated in the Electoral Act of 2022 and it is a technological system which allows for accreditation of voters through biometrics capturing, uploading of results amongst others.
BVAS, has been described by many as an upgrade of the smartcard reader used in the last general elections which achieved some results in the country’s electoral process.
