Ekiti Guber poll, a marked improvement on FCT election -CSOs

NNN: The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, says that the conduct of the Ekiti Governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is a marked improvement on FCT area councils election.

Convener of Situation Room,Ene Obi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, saying that the election was generally peaceful.

Obi said that Situation Room noted an appreciable improvement in INEC’s logistics and election administration.

She said that this was especially with the early arrival of election officials and materials at the polling units, leading to early opening of poll.

“This is a welcome improvement from what was observed in both the Anambra State Governorship Election 2021 and FCT Area Councils Election 2022.

“Our observations indicate that the Bi-Modal Verification Accreditation System (BVAS) was functional in at least 76 per cent of the voting locations.

“Also, reports from field observers indicate that it takes at least three minutes to accredit a voter using the BVAS in 41 per cent of the locations observed.

“ Going by this, the BVAS would have successfully accr

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