Fix BVAS glitches before Gov, Assembly polls, NBA tells INEC
THE Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to fix all bugs or glitches in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, machines before the March 18 governorship and state assemblies’ elections. The Bar also asked INEC to exclude its collation and returning officers with proven cases of misconduct in the February 25 elections from the forthcoming polls. NBA National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Lawal, stated this in an interim report released on Tuesday. He said the NBA deployed over 1000 INEC accredited observers, drawn from 128 branches of the Bar, to monitor the February 25 polls. Lawal said: “In the main, the NBA observers expressed some satisfaction with the conduct of the election on February 25, 2023 but have also identified major challenges that should be addressed for future elections. “These include the late arrival of INEC officials and ballot materials at the polling stations, malfunctioning BVAS machines, limited ...