The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reassured Nigerians that the electronic transmission of results has come to stay as it improves the credibility of the electoral process when citizens follow polling unit level results on the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal on election day.
The Chairman of INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made this known in a statement titled; “Clarification On Electronic Transmission Of Election Result,” which was posted via its official Twitter handle on Sunday, August 21, 2022
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Clarification on Electronic Transmission of Election Result pic.twitter.com/Snk78AkXCW— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) August 21, 2022
He said that the commission’s attention was drawn to a misunderstanding which arose from an interview granted to a newspaper on the procedure for result management during elections
According to him, INEC is not contemplating a revert to the manual process of result transmission.
“Some have interpreted the explanation on result management procedure to mean that the Commission has jettisoned the electronic transmission of result and reverted to the manual process. This is not correct
“For clarity, the procedure for result transmission remains the same as in recent Governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States. There will be no change in all future elections, including the 2023 General Election
“There will be no change or deviation in subsequent elections
“The entire gamut of result management is provided for in Sections 60, 62 and 64 of the Electoral Act 2022. In line with the provision of the law, the Commission, in April this year, released a detailed clarification of the procedure for transmission, collation and declaration of result which was shared with all stakeholders and uploaded to our website.”
He, therefore, appealed to Nigerians to avail themselves of the provisions of the Electoral Act and the Commission’s detailed explanation of the procedure.
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