INEC announces date to Introduce Electronic voting in Nigeria’s Elections
Professor Yakubu Mahmood, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has stated that electronic voting may be introduced during the 2021 governorship election in Anambra State.
He disclosed this while defending the commission’s 2021 budget before the House of Reps Committee on INEC on Thursday. According to him, the electoral body is working on a better measure to conduct free and fair elections in the country.
“I, however, urge the Senate to approve the spending of N5.2 billion from the special INEC fund to make up for the shortfall in the 2020 budget which was reduced due to the Coronavirus pandemic,” he said.
u will still use it to reg election nothing will change
That is good new….
Can electronic voting works in Nigeria? They should consider those people in rural area, do they have access to the internet?
Though, it might reduce the cost spending on the manual but a lot of things should be put into the consideration before embarking on e-voting.
There are some people who doesn’t have smart phone, computer and so on and some are also illiterate which can not handle or don’t know how to operate the phone.
Can electronic voting works in Nigeria? There are lots of manipulation in the country and if this electronic voting could work, it would reduce the cost of spending.
Time is coming that those thief will need the masses.
Wow!!! This will be a very good idea if its introduced o,
At least it will reduce too much killings and shootings that do happen during election day at various polling units.
Nice idea cud it will eradicate the rate of killing
No plans for e-voting this is just a talk so that you can convince Nass to pass the budget. If God will judge you all
It will be a welcome development if it’s implemented
Which ever method you want to use, please do the right.
This how you did it in the last previous election in the country, you still want to use the same tecnic to lundry our money….and after that… you still don’t know how to conduct electoral system.