Ekiti Gubernatorial Election: INEC performs mock exercise with BVAs
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On Monday, May 30, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ran a mock exercise with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in Ekiti ahead of the state’s governorship election. The BVAS is a device that facilitates the accreditation of voters on election day.
The INEC’s Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who spoke to reporters during the exercise, said the exercise had been a success.
As part of the readiness assessment visit to Ekiti State, the Hon. Chairman INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu & Members of the Commission visited some of the PUs used for the mock election exercise for on the spot assessment of the BVAS machine in Ado, Irepondun/Ifelodun & Ikere LGAs. pic.twitter.com/PF10ScKlpf
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“We said we will do a mock-test in a few local government areas to further test the machines’ functionality before the election.
“We have visited one of the polling centres in Ado; we are here in Ikere. From there, we go to Irepodun/Ifelodun local government for the same reason.
“And overall assessment is that we are happy with the functionality of the machines.”
The INEC Chairman added that the electoral umpire was also interested in the readiness of facilities for the election.
“As you can see, we have renovated the Ikere local government office, just as we have done with many other local government offices. These are not administrative facilities; they are also electoral assets.”
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