2023 Elections: When the Courtroom Gave Its Ruling, It Was Already Too Late To Reconfigure The BVAS – INEC

INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Voter Education and Publicity, Festus Okoye, has alleged that the BVAS may solely be activated inside a selected date and time of an election, including that, the BVAS having been used for the Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25, 2023, it was essential to reconfigure the BVAS for activation for the Governorship and State Assembly elections; nevertheless, the court ruling for them to reconfigure the BVAS got here too late.

The commissioner made this identified to guarantee the political party plaintiffs that the electoral fee was not in opposition to litigants inspecting election supplies and additional promised to proceed to grant all litigants access to the supplies they require to pursue their instances in court…..Continue Reading

In accordance with him, “The ruling of the Tribunal makes it attainable for the Commission to start the preparation of the BVAS for the Governorship and State Assembly elections; nevertheless, it has come far too late for the reconfiguration to be concluded.”

Additional, we want to reassure all political events and candidates that the info from the Presidential and National Assembly elections can be backed up and obtainable in INEC cloud amenities, together with the INEC Outcomes Viewing Portal (IReV).

Political events can apply for Licensed True Copies of the backend knowledge of the BVAS. Additionally, the outcomes from the BVAS will proceed to be obtainable on the IReV for parties to access.”