Sponsored Posts

    ×
    • News - North Central - FCT
    • Updated: September 09, 2022

    INEC States Reasons For Regular Change Of Result Sheet 

    INEC States Reasons For Regular Change Of Result Sheet 

    Mahmood Yakubu

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed the reasons behind the regular change of election result sheets during elections.

    The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made this disclosure in Abuja on Friday at a Stakeholders’ Conference On Election Results Management and the Launch of the Yiaga Africa ERAD.

    According to him, this is to avoid sharp practices by the politicians as they sometimes duplicate the result sheet to manipulate election outcomes.

    He said, "we constantly change result sheet colour because politicians like to produce their own result during election.

    "Apart from voting, results management is easily the most critical aspect of election administration. 

    "Indeed, for most politicians, it is perhaps more important than voting.

    Speaking further, the chairman appreciated the visibility Election Result Analysis Dashboard (ERAD) which he noted has given credence to the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal.

    He described the initiative as momentous and deeply appreciated by INEC, expressing hope that the Dashboard is sustained and INEC remains ready to work with YIAGA to improve on it.

    “The importance of IReV to transparency of result management is obvious. I call on all stakeholders to support the commission to continue to work to improve IReV.

     "I can confidently say that the days of wanton manipulation of election results are over.

    "Yet, the commission is not resting on its oars, knowing that it must remain several steps ahead of those who seek to undermine the system.

    “In these elections, 33,275 Form EC8As were expected to be uploaded to the IReV for viewing.

    "A total of 32,985 results were successfully uploaded, giving an upload success rate of 99.13%.”

    “Since 2011, the commission has adopted a policy of measured application of technology for election management.

    "Several principles have informed this policy, notably: suitability, simplicity, cost-effectiveness, timeliness, efficiency, security, knowledge transfer, and above all, transparency.

    "Perhaps, the most critical technological tools introduced by the commission in recent times are the bimodal voter accreditation System (BVAS) and the INEC result viewing (IReV) portal.

    "While the former is a device, the latter is a web portal. But they have worked together to strengthen result collation and tremendously increased public confidence in the quality of elections in Nigeria,” Yakubu said.

    Related Topics

    Join our Telegram platform to get news update Join Now

    0 Comment(s)

    See this post in...

    Notice

    We have selected third parties to use cookies for technical purposes as specified in the Cookie Policy. Use the “Accept All” button to consent or “Customize” button to set your cookie tracking settings