2023 Guber Election: INEC Releases Fresh Information on BVAS Availability, Plan for Result Transmission
- The approved reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System will be concluded on Monday, March 13
- The assurance was given to Nigerians by an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission
- The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the results for the 2023 governorship and state House of Assembly elections would be transmitted online
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that reconfiguring the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used during the February 25 presidential and National Assembly election will end on Monday, March 13.
The Punch reports that the electoral body began the re-configuration of the BVAS in preparation for the governorship and the state House of Assembly elections, which were postponed from Saturday, March 11 to Saturday, March 18, immediately after the court judgment permitting INEC to reconfigure the machines.
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INEC had rescheduled the election after explaining that the commission would not be able to meet up with its activities for the election as reconfiguring the BVAS would take up to five days.
An official of INEC who spoke on the issue confirmed that the reconfiguration of the BVAS has been completed in some states while others will be concluded on Monday, March 13.
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He said:
“Most states have finished the reconfiguration and the remaining ones will all finish on Monday.
“The polling unit results will be transmitted on the IReV portal. Indeed, the ones for the February 25 election have almost all been downloaded after we fixed the hitch that had made it difficult to do so.”
"All data on BVAS will be safe during reconfiguration": INEC assures Nigerians, court
The 2023 presidential election tribunal, opposition political parties and Nigerians have been assured that the data on the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) is safe.
This assurance was handed to Peter Obi of the Labour Party and the tribunal by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
According to the INEC, the data on the BVAS will be transferred to the commission's server during its planned reconfiguration process.
INEC makes strong move as Peter Obi, Atiku head to court
The 2023 presidential election tribunal had earlier been urged to vary the inspection request granted to Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party.
The call was made to the tribunal by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday, March 4.
INEC said the commission would require to re-configure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System used for the presidential and National Assembly elections for the next round of elections.
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