2023: INEC Admits Hitches; Insists On BVAS for Guber Election

By Akinwale Kasali

Electoral Umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has admitted that there were hitches in the deployment of the Biomidial Voters Assessment System, BVAS, during the February 25th Presidential and national Assembly Elections across the Country.

This was disclosed by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Saturday, at the meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners in Abuja.

Yakubu told the RECs that it was imperative for the Commission to review their performances from last Saturday’s election.

He noted that the elections were painstakingly done but it came with issues ranging from technology, delay by election officials, attitudes of political parties’ agents among others.

The INEC Chairman stated that a lot of lessons have been learnt from the Presidential Elections ahead of the Governorship and State Assembly elections.

He added that despite the BVAS hitches at the last election, it will still be deployed for the March 11 Governorship Election and State House of Assembly.