ABUJA – The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) has come out to clarify the misinformation making rounds concerning the electronic transmission of election results.
This was contained in a release signed by Barrister Festus Okoye Esq., National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee.
According to him, the attention of the Commission was drawn to a misunderstanding arising from a recent short interview granted to a national newspaper on the procedure for result management during elections which some misunderstood that the Commission has jettisoned the electronic transmission of result and reverted to the manual process which is not correct.
The commissioner said “for clarity, the procedure for result transmission remains the same as in recent Governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States. There will be no change in all future elections, including the 2023 General Election.
“We wish to reassure Nigerians that the electronic transmission of result has come to stay. It adds to the credibility and transparency of the process when citizens follow polling unit level results on the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal on real-time on Election Day. There will be no change or deviation in subsequent elections”.
The Commission also noted that the entire gamut of result management is provided for in Sections 60, 62 and 64 of the Electoral Act 2022 and its in line with the provision of the law.
It also appealed to all Nigerians to avail themselves of the provisions of the Electoral Act and the Commission’s detailed explanation of the procedure and not reach a conclusion on the basis of media headlines.
