Tag Archives: BVAS

INEC postpones governorship poll by one week over BVAS

The electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections to March 18, 2023.. It was revealed that in Abuja today that the postponement was due to the inability of the commission to commence the re-configuration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used for the February 25 presidential and National Assembly ...

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Osun Poll: INEC says BVAS reveals over-voting, blames politicians

The electoral umpire,  Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Resident Electoral Commissioner for Osun State, Dr Mutiu Agboke has revealed that it was the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine that exposed that there was over voting in the Osun 2022 gubernatorial election. This is as Agboke also debunked insinuations that the BVAS was used for voting. This latest reaction is ...

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2023 Poll: Group questions integrity of BVAS and ABIS

A group known as the  Diasporans for Good Governance (DGG) have questioned the integrity and efficiency of the systems the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would use for the 2023 election. The Automatic Biometric Identification System (ABIS) and Biometric Voter Accountability System (BVAS) were deployed for the Anambra, Ekiti and Osun governorship polls. On Tuesday, the non-governmental organisation complained about ...

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Tinubu expresses concern over BVAS

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet to convince the populace over the Voters Accreditation System (BVAs). The former Governor of Lagos State stated this on Monday while speaking at Chatham House. He said: “We are still building confidence in our democratic and voting system. “INEC ...

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Osun Poll: BVAS reveals over-voting in 749 polling units- Expert

As Demola Adeleke is about to be sworn in a statistician expert, Isiaka Olanrewaju, has revealed to the Osun election petition tribunal that he analysed the BVAS report and established over-voting in 749 polling units in 10 local governments of the state. This is just as the tribunal struck out the counter-application of the 1st respondent, Independent National Electoral Commission ...

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27 States have taken advantage of BVAS- INEC

Electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said over 27 states have taken delivery of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the conduct of the 2023 general elections. The agency, speaking in a statement said that it would print over 530 million ballot papers to be kept at the various offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria ...

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