INEC, has said that it has sufficient Bimodal Voter Registration Systems, BVAS, to conduct elections in over one hundred and seventy-seven thousand polling units nationwide

Ahead of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that it has sufficient Bimodal Voter Registration Systems, BVAS, to conduct elections in over one hundred and seventy-seven thousand polling units nationwide. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, made this known on Saturday during a live broadcast.

According to the INEC commissioner said over one point four million adhoc staff will be trained in the effective usage of the BVAS. Okoye further stated that the processes and procedures of the commission are going well as planned and Nigerians should expect a very good election in 2023. The INEC commissioner also said on January 12, 2023, INEC will release the official list of voters noting that all these things are going as planned and they are going to be accomplished on schedule.

There have been reports of late that politicians who are against the BVAS attempt to use the court of law to stop INEC from deploying BVAS and INEC Result Viewing Portal, IReV,  in next year’s elections but the electoral body has consistently restated its commitment and determination to deploy the system for the 2023 general elections. BVAS is stipulated in the Electoral Act of 2022 and it is a technological system that allows the accreditation of voters through biometrics capturing, uploading of results amongst others.