The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured Nigerians that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) will “run optimally” during the March 11 governorship and state assembly elections.
Speaking on Saturday in Abuja, the INEC Chairman, Yakubu Mahmood said in spite of the challenges faced during the February 25 general election, BVAS “will once again be deployed” for voter accreditation and result management.
He said: “The deployment of BVAS has gone a long way to sanitize voter accreditation as can be seen from the result of recent elections.
There were hitches with the technology during the presidential and national assembly elections, leading to criticism of the electoral body and rejection of the results by the opposition parties.
Since last week, the Commission has intensified the review of the technology to ensure that glitches experienced, particularly with the upload of results are rectified.
The Chairman said: “We are confident that going forward the system will work optimally.” He also stated that the commission will “work harder to overcome the challenges experienced” in the last election.
