The Independent National Electoral Commission has said only its card reader will be used for Saturday’s governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections.
It therefore advised those thinking that the commission would have a rethink on the use of cards to perish the thought.
The Chief Press Secretary to the chairman of the commission, Mr. Kayode Idowu, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent.
Some politicians such as the Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, had called on the commission to make another pronouncement on the use of the card reader for the elections on Saturday.
Aliyu said the call became necessary following the failure of some of the cards during the March 28 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
When this happened, the commission allowed voters to be identified manually.
But Idowu said that that would not be possible with the Saturday elections.
He said, “Concerning the Saturday elections, which is for the governorship and state Houses of Assembly, nothing has changed. We will continue with the use of the card reader . In fact, it is only the card reader that will be used for the elections that day.
“There won’t be manual reading. We won’t also use any manual way of reading or identifying voters.”
Meanwhile, a group known as Organised Ndokwa Effort, has charged electorates in the oil producing states to vote in the All Progressives Congress in the region so as to maximise the benefits of belonging to the governing party at the centre.
The organisation also congratulated President-elect, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on his victory at the presidential election, noting that his emergence will usher in the much desired genuine improvement of the entire geographical sphere of Nigeria and a departure from a government which restricted benefits to only the few elected, their immediate families, friends and cronies. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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They have started the double standard wayo again
ReplyDeleteAfter using manual identification to rig in Buhari in the north, INEC is now insisting of using card reader in the next election. Why did you insist on "no card reader, no identification" for the presidential election?. Or you have mapped out new rigging strategy with APC for the governorship election.. There is the law of karma.
ReplyDeleteThere goes INEC again. After deceiving many Nigeria n's in the last presidential election, I NEWHAVEN come out again jus to deceive some whereas there is a secret pact with APC on how to rig as was done in the north for Buhari, time will tell
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that it is only in SE and SS that the can reader did not work massively...stop and think I'm fully in support of INEC
ReplyDeleteYou are an agent of deception.Card readers were not used in Kano with over 1.9million votes for buhari, card readers were not equally used in katsina, kaduna, and all parts of the north!. Maybe the silence of PDP in the northern states have made you think it was just because some vocal southerners are shouting.a case of smartness by the northerners to protect their own while the southerners destroy their. I in doubt, ask and investigate.while attempts were made to use the card readers in the south, the North started heir election without even trying the card readers in most places as was scripted from he beginning .
DeleteU re right, that's the question SE & SS should ask.
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