With only nine days to the FCT Area Council Election, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC says it has concluded major activities and is now putting finishing touches to preparations for the poll holding on Saturday 12th September 2022.
Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made this known at a stakeholders’ meeting on the 2022 area council elections organized by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), in Abuja.
Yankubu explained that for voter accreditation, the Commission has reviewed the performance of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and considered lessons learnt from previous election in planning for the Area Council elections.
According to him, “the BVAS have been configured and ready to deploy for the election. We have also made adequate arrangements for technical support and transportation to speedily respond in the unlikely event of glitches on Election Day. Similarly, election results will be uploaded to the INEC Result Viewing portal (IReV) in real-time when voting ends and votes are counted at polling units on Election Day”.
The Chairman also gave update on other areas including the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), staff training, non-sensitive materials which he noted have been deployed to the various Area Councils and the procurement of Non-pharmaceut