The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has reassured Nigerians that the transmission of results electronically to its portal during election would not be changed.
The Commission maintained that the process would be used in the 2023 general elections as it was obtainable in Osun and Ekiti States.
A press release obtained by The Story, on Sunday August 21st issued by Festus Okoye, Esq., the National Commissioner of INEC, said the clarification became imperative arising from a short interview on the procedure of result management being misinterpreted in some quarters.
Okoye, who doubles as the Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, regretted that some have understood the procedure of result management procedure to mean that the Commission has jettisoned it for manual process.
According to Okoye, “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 portal in real-time on Election Day. There will be no change or deviation in subsequent elections.
“The entire gamut of result management is provided for in section 60, 62 and 64 of the Electoral Act 2022. In line with the provision of the law, the Commission, in April this year, released a detailed clarification of the procedure for transmission, collation and declaration of result which was shared to all stakeholders and uploaded to our website”.
The Commission appealed to all Nigerians to avail themselves of the Electoral Act and the Commission’s detail explanation of the procedure and not reach to conclusion on the basis of media headlines.
