The All Progressives Congress (APC) has opposed the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV), saying that Nigeria is not ready for such technology.
This was said by the APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, on Wednesday, while speaking to a delegation from the Commonwealth Election Observation Mission.
Recall that there had been reports of scheming to have the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood, removed over his insistence to deploy technology to enhance the credibility of the electoral process.
Adamu said the Country does not have the telecommunication infrastructure required to use the system.
He said; “Our concern is how ready are we to deploy some of these technologies as regards transmission.’’
“To transmit results, every part of the nation Nigeria, I’m not sure that the network covers it. I know that even in parts of Abuja, there is no network, and we have from now till February when in substantial parts of the country, there is no electricity.”
Adamu added that the INEC must assure his party 100 percent they are ready.
The APC National Organising Secretary, Ambassador Suleiman Argungu, who spoke to the delegation, also toed the same line as senator Adamu.
Argungu said apart from the issue of electricity, which is unstable, some communities and villages bordering other countries such as in Kebbi State, could not get Nigerian networks, including Glo, MTN, Airtel, in the previous elections.
He said; “If you want to get them, you have to use the number of the other countries to reach them. So, during the election, I don’t see how the transmission of results will work.”