As art of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s determination to ensure credible election in 2003, it will have a reserve Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in every polling unit and another reserve one in every registration unit.
This is as INEC National Commissioner in charge of Abia, Anambra and Benue, Mr Festus Okoye, it would deploy two Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in every in the 2023 general elections.
Okoye, who was in Abia to monitor the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), said this during an interactive session with newsmen in Umuahia on Friday.
He said that the BVAS would be deployed in the 176,000 polling units across the country.
He said that the surplus would be kept handy as reserve.
“We will have one BVAS reserve in every Registration Area Centre (RAC) to ensure immediate intervention in case of any failure,” he said.
He further said that Technical Officers would be on standby at every RAC to attend to any technical issues that could arise in the course of the polls.
Okoye, who is the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said that the commission had the capacity to conduct seamless general elections in 2023.
According to him, the commission is poised to replicate the achievements and successes recorded in the Ekiti and Osun Gubernatorial Elections.
He attributed the commission’s feat in the two elections to the deployment of technology.
He said that the deployment of technology and outcomes of the elections “have given Nigerians fresh hopes”.
