The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), according to All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Tinubu, has yet to persuade the public about the Voters Accreditation System (BVAs).
This was said by Tinubu on Monday during a speech at Chatham House.
He said: “We are still building confidence in our democratic and voting system.
“INEC is yet to assure us that during this election electronic transmission, the technology to be used for accreditation and the total votes count is reliable, dependable and assuring in our democratic process before we introduce a complicated element of ballot counting.”
APC National Chairman Abdullahi Adamu also voiced his concerns when he met with a pre-election delegation of the Commonwealth Election Observation Mission in Abuja last month.
“Our concern is how ready we are to deploy some of these technologies as regards transmission, because we’re taking a major step in transmitting election results in real time,” Adamu said.
