There will be more trust in the electoral process, according to former president Goodluck Jonathan, who argued that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could automate the BVAS and its Results Viewing Portal (IREV).
At the YIAGA Africa reflection conference on democratic elections in West Africa on Tuesday, Jonathan made the statement in Abuja.
He claimed that if the IREV’s malfunction had been properly automated to reduce human factors, the controversy that resulted from the 2023 presidential election would have been avoided.
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“If BVAS captures data, that data should be automatically uploaded to the IREV, which is a contentious issue with BVAS and IREV,” says one source.
It shouldn’t depend on a human factor’s presence at the interface to notify us of glitches. Since it is so completely automated that no human factor will interfere, it will of course be seamless.
However, if I want to direct the BVAS before the BVAS is supposed to complete the automated work, Jonathan said, “I can do what I think will sooth my interest.”
He claimed that technology can’t be eliminated, but that it still needs improvement if it isn’t completely resolved the majority of Nigeria’s electoral issues.
The electoral body has introduced new technologies for the accreditation and electronic voting for elections, such as the BVAS and IREV.
The IREV will enable INEC to transmit the results of the elections in real time during the elections in 2023, according to INEC’s pledge to use it. The electoral body, however, cited glitches as the failure to fulfill this promise made during the presidential election.
There are “too many ghost voters in Nigeria.”
The former Nigerian leader also attributed the low voter turnout to ghost voter registration in the country.
“I also have some concerns, particularly in Nigeria,” I said. At the end of elections, you hardly get up to 40 per cent of Nigerians voting. Do you believe that is correct? My belief is that we have too many ghost voters”, he said.
Source: Channels TV
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