Former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Festus Okoye, says every polling unit in Nigeria has internet access.
Okoye made this revelation on Tuesday during an interview on
Trust TV.
He was speaking on the national debate around the Electoral
Act amendment by the National Assembly and signed by President Bola Tinubu.
He said, “All the INEC machines for the election come with
power bank and other accessories.
“Now, when elections are over, the Presiding Officer has
snapped the For EC8A and there’s no network at that particular point, it stores
the information in. The moment it comes into contact with the network, it
transmits immediately.
“So, what the Presiding Officer has inputed, he cannot undo
it until he gets network. No these whole issue about network, I think it’s an
unnecessary debate.
“There’s no polling unit in this country where there’s no
network. None. Forget about all these things about network connectivity. It’s
just a lame excuse.
“Before iReV was deployed, the Commission conducted
elections in different places and has used its result viewing portal to upload
polling unit-level results.”
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