Tag: INEC Commissioner

Politicians trying to manufacture BVAS – INEC official allege

Aminu Imam

The Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Achumie Rex, yesterday, alleged that some politicians were making frantic efforts to manufacture the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, (BVAS) machine and hack into the Commission’s server ahead of the 2023 general election. This was as he reiterated the electoral umpire’s resolve to make the 2023 general election free and fair, adding that there would be simultaneous accreditation and voting on election days. Rex stated this at a two-day workshop for civil society organisations on Voter Education,…

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2023: “We’ve deployed BVAS to 30 States” – INEC 

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…Says its usage non-negotiable for polls  National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Festus Okoye, has said the bimodal voter automated system (BVAS) has been deployed to 30 states ahead of the upcoming elections. Okoye spoke on Thursday during a workshop on election reporting organised by the Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNFJ). BVAS is a device introduced by INEC for the accreditation of voters through biometrics capturing, uploading of polling results and other functions. The device has been described by stakeholders as a…

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2023 Election: 3rd place candidate may be on ballot in case of presidential election run-off – INEC

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…Says 187m ballot papers printed  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is already making plans to conduct a second presidential election in 2023 in case there is no clear winner after the February 25, 2023 poll. INEC Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, disclosed this yesterday, at a roundtable meeting with media Bureau Chiefs in Abuja. This is just as it affirmed that a candidate can come third in the presidential election and be the one qualified for the run-off. The electoral body also said that it has made plans…

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“We’re not investigating Tinubu” – INEC disowns trending document

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a trending document that claimed that the Commission is investigating a criminal forfeiture case against Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC). The said document with INEC’s letterhead, which claimed that the commission was investigating a 1993 case in the United States involving Tinubu forfeiting some money to the US government, surfaced on social media on Friday. Reacting to the alleged investigation, the Commission, in a statement issued by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter…

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BVAS: ‘Vote buyers will waste their money in 2023’ – Ex-INEC Commissioner

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A former resident electoral commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mike Igini, has said that politicians who plan to engage in vote buying during the 2023 general elections will not get the desired results. Igini stated this on a television programme yesterday, on the issue of Bi-modal Voter Registration System (BVAS) and vote buying. BVAS is a device introduced by INEC which allows for accreditation of voters through biometric capturing and uploading of election results at polling units. Stakeholders have described BVAS as an upgrade of the smart-card…

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2023 General Elections: “We’ve murdered rigging in Nigeria” – INEC

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With the signing of the Electoral Act, 2022, and the Bimodal Voter Registration System, (BVAS), coupled with other strict measures launched by the commission, rigging has been completely ‘murdered’, ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has said. The INEC National Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a breakfast seminar, organised by Christian Men’s Fellowship, St. James’ Anglican Church, Asokoro, in Abuja. The Commission also expressed optimism that the 2023 general elections would not reek of corrupt practices but would be free, fair and credible.…

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2023 Election: “We’ll deploy undercover agents to curb vote-buying at polling units” – INEC

Aminu Imam

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has pledged to tackle the menace of vote-buying. INEC Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this in Abuja during a citizens’ election dialogue, on the theme: “What makes a good election in Nigeria”, saying the Commission will deploy undercover security personnel on the election day. He reiterated the Commission’s commitment to delivering free, fair and credible elections for all Nigerians in collaboration with security agencies. “We have also made sure that people do not enter…

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2023: ‘Power of ballot has been restored to Nigerians’ – ex-INEC Commissioner

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A former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Mike Igini, has advised those planning to rig the 2023 general election to bury the thought, saying the elections would be won or lost at the polling units. Igini, who recently retired as the Akwa-Ibom State REC, spoke on television programme, in Abuja yesterday, applauded the current National Assembly for passing the new Electoral Act amendment Bills, which President Muhammadu Buhari gave his assent to become the 2022 Electoral Act. According to him, the 2022 Electoral Act has…

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2023: INEC clears air on mode of transmitting election results

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the Commission has not jettisoned the electronic transmission of election results and reverted to the manual process. The Commission also said an explanation of its result management procedure to mean that the Commission has jettisoned the electronic transmission of results and reverted to the manual process is not correct. According to an issued statement, titled: “Clarification on Electronic Transmission of Election Result”, signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, INEC reassured Nigerians that the…

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2023 Double Nomination Forms: Akpabio, Tambuwal, others risk jail terms – INEC 

Aminu Imam

The trio of Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and Governor Aminu Tambuwal are on the brink of being caught in between the jaws of the law. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Akwa-Ibom State’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini, yesterday revealed how the trio, amongst other politicians who obtained more than one nomination form risk two years’ imprisonment under the Electoral Act, 2022. The INEC Commissioner, who made this disclosure while featuring on a television programme, quoted Section 115 (D) of the Electoral Act, as the basis of…

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