The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday the 30th of May, 2022 puts the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) into test in Ekiti, ahead of the state’s governorship election.
BVAS is used to facilitate the accreditation of voters on election day.
While speaking to reporters during the exercise, INEC’s Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu said the exercise had been a success. Yakub said, “We said we are going to do a mock-test in a few local government areas to further test the functionality of the machines before the election, and so far, so good with the mock.”
“We have visited one of the polling centres in Ado, we are here in Ikere. From there we are going to Irepodun/Ifelodun local government for the same reason. “And the overall assessment is that we are happy with the functionality of the machines.”
The INEC Chairman said further that the electoral umpire was also interested in the readiness of facilities for the election. “As you can see, we have renovated the Ikere local government office, just as we have done with many other local government offices. These are not administrative facilities; they are also electoral assets.”