The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday has said the commission was working on ensuring the quick collation of results and declaration of winners for Feb. 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the promise earlier today.
He mentioned that INEC met on Saturday night to ascertain the challenges arising from the conduct of the Saturday Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Yakubu also said even with INEC’s best efforts to boost the functionality of the Smart Card Readers (SCRs), it experienced technical hitches in some locations.
His words, “Through the deployment of 8,809 Area Technical Support (RATECHS) that we engaged as ad hoc, many of these hitches were successfully rectified which enabled voting to take place seamlessly in the affected PUs nationwide.
“Yet there were places where voting could not proceed as a result of the failure of the SCRs. In addition, there are places where materials arrived late for voting to proceed.
“After consultation with the communities involved, and in line with our Regulations and Guidelines, new SCRs have been reconfigured and deployed for elections in the affected polling units.
“Right now elections are ongoing in some PUs in Abia, Bayelsa, Benue, Plateau, Zamfara and one Polling Unit in Binji Local Government Area of Sokoto State and Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“We are determined that the vote of every Nigerian is important and must count.”
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