National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has disclaimed reports going round that he is opposed to the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Results Viewing Portal, IReV, for next years general election.
Adamu, at a news conference yesterday in Abuja, said he was only concerned about the challenges of electricity supply and irregular telecommunication signals in some voting districts of the country.
The APC helmsman had earlier been reported to have said that he was worried that the country is not ripe for the usage of electoral technologies, saying the network issues could hamper its smooth running.
He was quoted to have said, To transmit results, every part of the nation Nigeria, Im not sure that the network covers it. I know that even in parts of Abuja, there is no network; and we have from now till February for the elections, when in substantial parts of the country there is no electricity.
