The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige could
not get his accreditation done in order to vote for over an hour due to the
failure of the Biometric Voters Accreditation System machine.
He was at the Alor Ward polling unit in the Idemili South
Local Government Area of the state during the exercise. Moreso, he put the
failure rate of the machine at 30 per cent.
Ngige insisted that he would wait until he voted despite the
setback. The Minister called on the Independent National Electoral Commission
to find a way to resort to manual accreditation in such circumstances to allow
people to exercise their franchise.
He said, ” I have been here for over an hour without
success. I’m not impressed.”
Ngige said, “The failure rate is between 25 to 30 per cent.
This is not encouraging. INEC ought not to pack its equipment after each
election. They should have tested their machine a week before the elections in
a mock trial.”
Based on the situation, the minister further made calls to
some ‘high quarters’ to complain as he said,” I won’t leave here until I vote.”
Ngige, while speaking to journalists, appealed for extension
of the time for voting to accommodate those who are experiencing delays in the
election.
He put the level of failure of the BVAS in the polling units
at over 30 percent.
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