Some APC leaders have raised concern over the planned deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System for the 2023 general election.
Senator Abdullahi Adamu, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, said on Wednesday, November 23, during a courtesy visit to the party secretariat in Abuja by a delegation from the Commonwealth on the 2023 General Election, that he doubts the introduction of BVAS for real-time election transmission will produce a fair result for the nation in the 2023 elections.
He stated that until INEC is willing to guarantee the governing party and Nigerians that it is fully prepared, its intended use of the technology would be questioned.
Adamu said; “First, I was privileged to serve as a senator. But our concern is how ready are we to deploy some of these technologies as regards transmission because we are taking a major step in transmitting election results in real time.
“To transmit results, every part of the nation – Nigeria, I’m not sure that the network covers it, I know that even in parts of Abuja, there is no network and we have from now till February when in substantial parts of the country, there is no electricity.
“INEC must assure us 100 per cent that as of when due in transmitting results, they are ready because they spoke about recharging batteries. But we heard in previous elections when it says it can’t recharge.”
Suleiman Argungu, the party's National Organising Secretary, expressed similar reservations about electronic results transmission in the 2023 election.
Argungu said; “As a rider to what the national chairman just said about INEC transmitting results directly during the coming elections. Apart from the issue of electricity that is unstable, a lot of the villages and communities are bordering other countries, for instance my state, Kebbi was bordering two nations during the previous elections.
“You can’t get people easily on the network of Nigeria, Glo, MTN, Airtel. If you want to get them, you have to use the number of the other countries to reach them. So, during election, I don’t see how transmission of result will work. I see it coming.”
