By Lateef Ibrahim
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), says it conducted a mock trial for the update that was done on the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, (BVAS), in 289 polling units across the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT).
Deputy Director, Information and Publicity of INEC, Wilfred Ifogah, disclosed this yesterday when he appeared as a guest in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, monitored in Abuja.
He was reacting to the just concluded FCT Area Council election.
“Prior to the FCT elections, we did a mock trial for the update that was done on the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, in 289 polling units all around FCT.
“After results are calculated at polling units, the presiding officer enters this data into the BVAS.
“If the scanned image of the EC8A form, containing tabulated results, does not align with the accredited voter numbers and figures already recorded in BVAS, the system will not process the submission until accuracy is verified.
“This indicates an updated BVAS feature enabling it to validate scanned information against pre-recorded data, beyond merely capturing and transmitting photos,” he said.
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