The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it
will carry out mock accreditation of voters on February 4.
The commission said the exercise will take place at 436
polling units across the country.
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, spoke on Friday at a meeting
with the resident electoral commissioners (RECs) at the INEC headquarters,
Abuja.
Yakubu said INEC is ready to conduct field tests with actual
voters, having delivered and tested the bimodal voter accreditation system
(BVAS) machines.
“For this reason, and
in readiness for nationwide deployment, the commission is conducting a mock
accreditation of voters similar to what was done ahead of the recent Ekiti and
Osun State governorship elections,” he said.
“The mock accreditation will hold on Saturday 4th February
2023 in 436 polling units nationwide. Twelve polling units have been designated
in each state of the federation and four in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
on the equality of the country’s 109 Senatorial Districts for the exercise.
“A comprehensive list of the polling units, including their
names and PU Code numbers, as well as their distribution by state, senatorial
district, local government and registration area (Ward) will be uploaded to the
commission’s website shortly.”
Yakubu, therefore, appealed to registered voters in the
affected polling units to appear on the scheduled date with their PVCs for the
mock exercise.
“Doing so will help to reassure the public of the robustness
of our system and to strengthen our processes ahead of the general election,”
he said.
“Civil society organisations, the media and the general
public are welcome to observe the process. At the end of the exercise, the 436
BVAS machines involved will be reconfigured before they are deployed for the
general election.”
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