The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said that it will continue to deploy Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for accreditation during Nigeria’s elections.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, said this at the one-day Implementation meeting for the FCT Area Council Election in Abuja.
He said BVAS would be used for FCT area council elections scheduled for February 12, 2022, adding that the commission would continue to explore innovations aimed at checking electoral malpractices and strengthen democratic governance in the country.
He noted that BVAS greatly assisted the commission to conduct credible and election in the recent Anambra governorship poll.
He said innovations such as BVAS would end electoral corruption and other anomalies in the country’s electoral process.
“That is what the whole issue about the BVAS is. So, let me say it very clearly that the BVAS as a form and mode of accreditation has come to stay, and the Commission can only keep improving on it, but jettisoning it will not be possible,” he said.
