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Ahead of future elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recommended using computer-generated voting slips for those without Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).

Speaking on Thursday in Abuja during the quarterly consultative meeting with Residents Electoral Commissioners (RECs), INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said PVCs should no longer be the sole requirement for voting, especially with the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS).

Yakubu said the commission, having released its 524-page main report on the 2023 general election, has consulted widely with its officials and externally with all major stakeholders.

He said with the conclusion of five major off-cycle governorship elections and nine out of 21 bye-elections since the 2023 General Election, this is the most appropriate time for INEC to commence the implementation of recommendations arising from her review of the General Election.

Yakubu disclosed that from the internal and external engagements, the Commission has identified 142 recommendations dealing with the general state of preparedness, voter management, voter education and public communication, political parties and candidate management, electoral operations, and logistics management.

Others are election officials and personnel, partnership and collaboration, monitoring and supervision, election technology, voting and result management, election security, electoral offences, and the electoral legal framework.

He said out of the 142 recommendations, 86 require istrative action by the Commission.

“This is followed by 48 recommendations that require action by a variety of stakeholders, including security agencies, mobile network operators, statutory bodies, political parties, transport unions, civil society organisations, and the media.

“On the legal review, there are eight recommendations that require legislative actions by the National Assembly. Very soon, the Commission will make a presentation to the t Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Electoral Matters as they continue to deliberate on electoral reform.

“Among the major highlights of the Commission’s recommendations is the imperative of legal clarity in result management with regard to manual transfer versus the electronic transmission of results.

“The Commission also believes that with the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), the use of the Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVC) as the sole means of identification for voter accreditation on Election Day should be reviewed.

“Those who already have the PVCs can still use them to vote, but going forward, computer-generated slips issued to the voter or even ed from the Commission’s website will suffice for voter accreditation. This will not only save costs; it will also eliminate the issues around the collection of PVCs and the diabolical practice of buying up the cards from voters in order to disenfranchise them.

Early voting for journalists and other essential workers.

“The review report also contains recommendations on early/special voting for the millions of Nigerians who do not vote at the moment on of the roles they play during elections, such as INEC officials, security personnel, ad hoc staff, observers, and journalists who are deployed outside the places where they ed to vote.

“There are also recommendations in of diaspora voting, the unbundling of the Commission with the establishment of an electoral offences tribunal, and a separate agency to handle the registration and regulation of political parties. Similarly, the Commission will step up action on voter access and distribution to polling units,” he added.

The INEC Chairman also disclosed that as a matter of urgency, the Commission intends to develop protocols for the cleaning up of the voters’ in collaboration with other agencies such as the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the National Population Commission (NPC).

He said other areas of reform include advocacy for affirmative action for greater participation of under-represented groups and more robust voter education and public communication to combat fake news and misinformation.

“Furthermore, the Commission intends to review the mechanisms for a more effective implementation of agreements on logistics with the transport unions and other service providers by consolidating on the recent experience with early deployment and commencement of elections in the recent Ondo State Governorship election,” Yakubu added.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/12/breaking-with-bvas-pvcs-should-no-longer-be-sole-requirement-for-voting-inec/

WIll that stop you fucckers from powering off the server on election day in order to rig for the highest bidder?

INEC is a disgrace.

Testing the waters of 2027, they need massive and systematic rigging to win 2027 and it starts now, we won’t be threatened with nigerias unity ti continue with apc s useless policies and wickedness, they will by resisted by any means possible , they have no monopoly of violence

BVAS that will have glitches on election day.

INEC has lost its trust from the people

Nawa Nlfpmod. Dem wan scam us again.

TheBillyonaire:
WIll that stop you fucckers from powering off the server on election day in order to rig for the highest bidder?

INEC is a disgrace.

Then. run away from the country and disconnect yourself totally from anything that concerns us

I detest seeing mature men whining over things they do not fancy


If you have dont believe in them and their tech tools, then treat as insignificance and move to a thread where you lie to yourself to make yourselves happy

It is better to have a deal with the devil than to have anything to do with INEC

iwaeda:
BVAS that will have glitches on election day.

You sore losers should stop the lies. Nothing went wrong with BVAS during the last presidential election. The device worked perfectly with over 90% success rate. The few places were BVAS malfunctioned, the election was repeated the following day. Not a single person voted without BVAS last year.

IREV, an ordinary result viewing portal that played no role in the voting process was what malfunctioned. Even at that, the results have long been updated for everyone to view. Outside IREV, the agents of all political parties were given a copy of all the results for their own independent coalition. Exactly same thing was done in Ghana on Saturday and the losing party based on the result from their situation room conceded the election even before the official announcement. In Nigeria, two crooked opposition parties declared themselves winners without being able to their claims with the result they collated from their own situation room. Instead of accepting defeat, they keeping lying that IREV's malfunction is why they lost. Sore and useless losers.

Beautiful idea as always but will they allow its smooth operation?


Tinubu cannot win free and Fair election in Nigeria

Server will be shut down on the Election Day. Instead of you guys to amend the signed electoral acts 2022 Buhari signed and amend the bill in order for the server to calculate the collation of results from the polling units to the inec centers

Ok

Lol

ogododo:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/12/breaking-with-bvas-pvcs-should-no-longer-be-sole-requirement-for-voting-inec/

Yinmu, you don’t even follow your own rules...useless organisation

Hmmm

Any manipulation from you guys in the coming general election will be met with stiff resistance. We are all tired of Tinubu and for sanity to be restored he needs to go. We cannot bear another 4 years of pains.

Rigging of 2027 election activated.

Another easy way to rig the criminals again. Not yet 2027 so why giving so much attention to it when we have other pressing needs ? Nonsense country

Nonsense, you can't capture voters card right so now you want BVAS that will go offline on election day creating crisis and thereby manipulating the whole process.

Let us vote from the comfort of our homes with our smart phones for those that want that option.😁😁😂

It can be done

Hahahaha coming from INEC

EmperorCaesar:


Then. run away from the country and disconnect yourself totally from anything that concerns us

I detest seeing mature men whining over things they do not fancy


If you have dont believe in them and their tech tools, then treat as insignificance and move to a thread where you lie to yourself to make yourselves
happy

My friend just shut up that stinking mouth of yours if you have nothing to say. You’re quick to attack, and to defend the criminals

More rigging .. opposition parties should not accept this else expect more ghost voters how will the incompetent eye neck for this and prevent multiple voting.
APC has already concluded the 2027 election bcs they knew about PO & Atiku merger will unseat PBAT and send him packing from Aso rock

Dem don com wit anoda lamba.

Unify nin, BVN, pvc , driver license but the block heads won't

TheBillyonaire:
WIll that stop you fucckers from powering off the server on election day in order to rig for the highest bidder?

INEC is a disgrace.

votes are counted manually. if you had any brain cells you will realise you and t6hose who talk about switching off servers just make fools of themselves.

Mad people