Use Of BVAS, Results Viewing Portal Here To Stay- INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has assured Nigerians that the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and Result Viewing (IReV) portal for accreditation and transmission of election results, has come to stay in Nigeria.

This was affirmed by INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu at the opening of a training for 82 master trainers on election technology for the 2023 general election in Abuja on Tuesday.

He said that INEC needed to build the capacity of its staff not only to competently handle the devices during the accreditation process but to also respond effectively to any glitche that may occur during election.

“Over the last two years, the commission has increased the deployment of technology in the elections in Nigeria.

“Systems and portals have been designed and developed to cater for different electoral activities ranging from voter registration and accreditation, result transmission from the polling units, the nomination of candidates by political parties to the accreditation of polling agents, observers and journalists for election.

“Of these innovations, most Nigerians are more familiar with the BVAS which doubles as a device for accreditation as well as the upload of the Polling Unit level result sheets to the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal in real-time on election day.

“These innovations have increased transparency and public confidence in the electoral process. They are also part of the legal requirements for conducting elections in Nigeria,” he said.