APC Kicks Against Use Of BVAS By INEC For 2023 Elections
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has kicked against the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the transmission of elections, saying that in real time, it would not produce a fair result for the nation in the 2023 elections.
National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, who stated the position of the Party on Wednesday when he received in audience a delegation of the Commonwealth for the 2023 general elections, expressed reservation over the proposed use of the BVAS.
Adamu particularly said; “To transmit results to all parts of the country, I am not sure that the network covers it. I know that even in parts of Abuja, there is no network, and we have from now until February when in substantial parts of the country there is no electricity.
“INEC must assure us 100 per cent that as of when they are due to transmit results, they are ready because they spoke about recharging batteries. But, we heard in previous elections when it said it couldn’t recharge,” the APC said.
Also speaking, the National Organising Secretary of the APC, Suleiman Argungu, noted that power supply rmains one of the obstacles facing the use of BVAS, adding that in his home stateof Kebbi, BVAS would experience some hitches.
According to Argungu; “My state, Kebbi, which borders two countries. You can’t get people easily on the networks of Nigeria, Glo, MTN, and Airtel. If you want to get them, you have to use the numbers of the other countries to reach them. So, during the election, I don’t see how the transmission of results will work.”
Speaking with journalists shortly after their meeting, the Political Officer of the Commonwealth delegation, Lindiwe Maleleka, said that they were at the APC National Headquarters on a ‘pre-election assessment’ task.
