Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), says colours of election result sheets are “constantly”
changed to discourage manipulation.
Speaking on Friday at a stakeholders’ conference on election
result management and the launch of the election result analysis dashboard
(ERAD) of YIAGA Africa, Yakubu said with the improvements made, manipulating
elections will be difficult.
He also listed the INEC result viewing portal (IReV) and
bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) as technological improvements to the
electoral process.
“It is clear that armed with an improved electoral act,
administrative procedures and requisite technology, the commission has
increased the transparency and confidence of the public in its election result
management processes,” he said.
“I can confidently
say that the days of wanton manipulation of election results are over. Yet, the
commission is not resting on its oars, knowing that it must remain several
steps ahead of those who seek to undermine the system.
“The importance of IReV to the transparency of result
management is obvious. I call on all stakeholders to support the commission to
continue to work to improve IReV and the entire result management system
towards the 2023 general election, which will be far more extensive than what
we have done so far.
“Apart from voting, result management is easily the most
critical aspect of election administration. Indeed, for most politicians, it is
perhaps more important than voting. We constantly change result sheet colour
because politicians like to produce their own result during election.”
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