The smart card reader will not fail as it did during the
2015 elections at some polling units, the INEC
Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Cross River
State, Dr. Briyai Frankland, has said.
“Our smart card readers have been enhanced and
upgraded. We have tested them at Osun, Ekiti as well
as Anambra Central Senatorial District,†the REC said.
“In Anambra State, the failure rate was about 0.0%, in
Osun State, I did not hear of any smart card failure. In
our by election in Obudu, there was no smart card
failure. The reason is that at each polling unit, we have
technicians that fix these smart card readers in case of
any challenge,†he said.
“Results will be transmitted from the polling units
electronically and the result box will also be carried
physically by the collation officers. When the collation
officer comes with the physical result, it will be
confirmed with the electronic results in the presence of
the party agents and INEC staff.
“It is only when the physical result and the electronic
results correspond that it will be approved by the party
agents and the results will be accepted,†he added.
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