#NaijaDecide2023: How To Manipulate The #BVAS
During the 2019 general elections Card Readers were used as a means of imploring technology to the voting system. This recorded its own successes but also faced more challenges and subsequently led to the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by the Nigerian electoral umpire the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Many Nigerians feel so much relieved, developed stronger faith and are now more eager to participate in the electoral process believing that with all that has been said of the BVAS device there will be no room for rigging in the voting process.
While the Independent National Electoral Commission shows confidence in conducting a free, fair and credible election with the aid of the BVAS electorates on their parts have critical roles to play in achieving this.
Firstly, electorates must know and exercise their civic rights.
This are what every Nigerian voter should know in other to avoid manipulation of the #BVAS;
i. Be at your polling unit on time, before accreditation commences.
ii. Demand that the adhoc staffs of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) shows public the display reading of the #BVAS and note that it is reading zero '0' before the accreditation.
iii. Ensure to be around during the vote sorting and counting.
iv. Ensure that the adhoc staffs snaps the results sheet when entered and transmits same with the #BVAS
You have the right to stay in the polling unit even after casting your vote to observe the process, so don't let anyone harass you that you can not, in as much as you are peaceful and compose yourself in a civil manner.
So many people have been asking how can one manipulate the #BVAS well, the answer is when as a politician you serve your ward, constituency , senatorial district, state according to the dividends of democracy you do not need to manipulate the electoral process or #BVAS because they are made to serve you according to your worth.
While i will commend the electoral umpire for this stride Nigerians still await to see our compatriots who serve as adhoc staffs, security personels who are deployed to protect votes and those outside the shores of Nigeria take part in the electoral process.
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© Amb. Nworisa Michael,
Kano State, Nigeria
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