The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has uploaded about 85.28 percent of the results of the Edo governorship election on its Result Viewing Portal (IReV)....For More READ THE FULL STORY▶▶
A quick check on the portal shows 3,854 results out of 4,519 polling units where elections were conducted in the state have been uploaded to the portal.
Recall the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Anugbum Onuoha promised the the results will be transmitted electronically.
Onuoha said during an interview on Arise TV that the poor network could affect the transmission of results to the viewing portal (IReV).
He said the commission has also implemented contingency plans, adding that the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) will verify voter identities to determine the precise number at each polling station.
“You know that we have 4,519 pulling units across the 18 local governments, and so far we have deployed 4,622 BVAS to the various local governments. And we also have backup of 660 BVAS,” he said.
“We have trained the operators for the BVAS. They are set. BVAS is to accredit the voters, to know the total number of voters that will vote at that level, that polling unit.
“After that, then the voters will now start voting. At the end of the day, they will count the results, and it will be uploaded to our IReV.
“That is the state we are now. Rest assured that we’ll conduct an election that we can call our own,” he said..…For More READ THE FULL STORY ▶
