By By Elsie Udoh
The stage is set for the conduct of free and fair elections in 2023 through the use of the Bimodal Voter Registration System (BVAS).
INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye made this known while appearing on Channels Television.
According to Okoye, BVAS, which will be used for the accreditation and authentication of voters in the 2023 election, will reject biometric data of people who are not real owners of the PVCs.
Okoye stated, “In terms of any politician bypassing the BVAS, I want to tell you that that will not happen, that is an impossibility”.
This technology was set up following the allegations of two non-governmental organisations, the Northern Elders Forum and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, about politicians buying PVCs from poor voters to manipulate the upcoming elections.
In a bid to further ensure the conduct of free and fair elections, the Commissioner said that “polling units have been removed from shrines, churches, mosques, and homes of powerful politicians”.
