BVAS

Governor Nyesom Wike has expressed disappointment with the Bimodal Voters Accredited System, BVAS. The Rivers helmsman spoke at his Polling Unit 7A of.

People may lose their temper and anything could happen.” “You can see the crowd here, I don’t think that most people will be allowed to vote with the slow working of the BVAS. BVAS malfunctioning, people may lose temper – Wike

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, was on Saturday, unable to cast vote at his polling unit 7, Ward 9, Wimpey Junction, Rumuepirikom, Port Harcourt, ...

“We are highly disappointed. He sais, “We are highly disappointed.

Rivers State Governor, Nysome Wike has expressed disappointment with the functionality of the Biomodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine deployed by ...

The governor also expressed the fear that the failure of the machine could mar the election. He said he is disappointed with the functionality of the machine at his polling unit. After over 20 minutes of unsuccessful tries, a female electoral official appealed to the first family members to check back.

Mr Yakubu also acknowledged that there was a late arrival of electoral officials and materials in many polling units across Nigeria.

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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers got disappointed in his polling Unit, Ward 9, Unit 7, Obio/Akpo Local Government Area on Saturday as the BVS failed to ...

“We are highly disappointed. “I have stayed about 25 minutes here and I was told to go and come back that they will rectify the BVAS. Abiokun however pleaded with the governor to wait and added that she had sent for an INEC technician to come and rectify the anomaly.

The Bimodal Voter Accreditation System's (BVAS) malfunction has delayed Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state from casting his vote.

I have stayed about 25 minutes here and I was told to go and come back that they will rectify the BIVAS. “You can see the crowd here I don’t think that most people will be allowed to vote with slow working of the BIVAS. The officials of INEC had made frantic efforts to explain to the governor that the malfunctioned BVAS had been a general problem across the country.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that thugs snatched Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, machines in Delta and.

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“I was reliably informed that the ad hoc staff engaged that the INEC are not adequate, they are short of staff in some areas across the length and breadth of the Senatorial District.” “As the electoral act as clearly stated, there is no alternative, in any polling unit where the BVAS machine is not working, that election has to be postponed and conducted the following day and when you look at the process, once a polling unit left out that means the election is inconclusive until that election is held before you can have a complete election, so I hope the INEC with their staff will be on top of their game. “I was reliably informed that, at my polling unit, it was BVAS that was meant for polling unit 04 but later when it was discovered, it has to be changed to BVAS 009 since then we have been captured, also we have already voted and I hope that INEC will be on top of their game because we cannot afford to have issues with the BVAS machine.

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by the Independent National Electoral Commission ...

He also expressed hope that the peaceful and large turnout of the electorate and adequate security arrangements that characterised the exercise so far would be sustained to ensure that it ended peacefully. The governor said that INEC had taken elections to the next level with the introduction of BVAS, adding that he was satisfied with the conduct of the electorate and the exercise by INEC. Ganduje, however, noted that the accreditation was slow, but expressed optimism that the exercise would pickup before the end of the day.

Mahmood gave reasons why the opening of polling units was delayed by election officials. He noted that insecurity in some states led to the delay as well as ...

“Similarly, in the Safana LGA of Katsina State, thugs attacked one of our voting locations and snatched 6 BVAS machines. “But another contributing factor to the late opening of polling units is actually the perennial insecurity in the country. Some of the polling units opened late.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says eight of its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) were snatched by thugs in Delta and.

In the whole of Orlu, six wards out of 11. In the case of Okigwe, five wards out of 11. “There were issues in all 11 wards in the whole of Osu. It is no longer the ballot boxes,” Yakubu siad. “One of which is the inability of the commission in a number of places to open the poll units at the appointment of 8:30am. “One of the challenges is the inability of the commission in some locations to open the polling units at 8:30am.

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The INEC officials told us that the machine ha refused to capture so we have to wait.” One of the voters, Agoro Waliu said, “we need to wait because INEC officials have done everything possible to make sure the BVAS work. Accreditation of voters was put on hold following the failure of the BVAS refused to work as the polling officers at the unit were seen struggling with the machine.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the ongoing Presidential election and National Assembly elections.

Good journalism costs a lot of money. “What I have seen here is okay. The former president noted that the BVAS ensured the credibility, transparency and fairness of the election, adding that an election is just the first leg of the process of enthroning quality leadership and governance in a country.

The effective Biomodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and smooth accreditation and voting simultaneously at the LEA Primary School, Gidan Mangoro.

He was glad that the PUs were peaceful and orderly with the cooperation of the security agents. “I have not voted since I was born but I have ascertained what we are going through in the country in view of its economic situation and decided that I must vote the candidate of my choice. Another voter, Mr Nwaogu Uzodimma, who was the first voter in his polling unit 056, expressed excitement that it was easy to trace his name while the BVAS assessment and capturing were smooth.