INEC Explains Why IReV Is Not Election Result Collation System
- Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified why its results viewing portal, IReV is not an election result collation system
- INEC Director of ICT, Paul Omokore, explained that IReV was designed to enhance election transparency
- Omokore further stated that the IReV portal is for the public to view the uploaded Form EC8A results from the polling unit
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Akwanga, Nasarawa State - The Director of ICT of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Paul Omokore, said its results viewing portal, IReV, is not a result collation system.
As reported by Premium Times, Omokore said the results viewing portal is to enhance election transparency.
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He stated this during a presentation titled: ‘The role of BVAS, IReV for Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo Governorship elections.
The presentation took place at a two-day capacity workshop for journalists in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, on Monday, October 16.
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According to Omokore, the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) is only used to upload pictures of PUs results on form EC8A to IReV.
He explained that BVAS is not electronic transmission of results.
“Form EC8A is the result that we collate at the polling units (PUs). We use BVAS to snap this form and upload the same thing to the IReV portal for public viewing.
“This is not a collation system. It does not tally a system. What it does is to snap the EC8A which is the result at the polling unit and upload the same to the public view. That is all.
“I know that 70 per cent of the populace think that the others have collected the figures. No.
“All that it does is snap the EC8A that the presiding officers have collected all the scores of the parties, signed and stamped and then send this same picture to the IReV for public viewing. That is all. So it is not a collecting system.”
INEC promises to upload Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi guber election results on IReV
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that INEC said it will upload the governorship election results in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi governorship elections on its Result Viewing Portal, IReV.
The Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said INEC would follow the laws for accreditation and results collation during the state’s election.
Yakubu disclosed this while monitoring the mock accreditation exercise in Ajaokuta Local Government Area ahead of the November 11 Kogi governorship election.
PDP reacts as INEC vows to upload Bayelsa, Kogi, Imo guber poll results on IReV
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said INEC has another opportunity to redeem its battered image in the forthcoming November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo states.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, said his party will give INEC the benefit of the doubt as the commission vowed to transmit and upload results on Irev
Source: Legit.ng
