- He stated that said only poor network could impede the transmission of results to the viewing portal (IReV).
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun the uploading of the results of the ongoing Edo State governorship election on its Result Viewing Portal.
The analysis of activities on the portal showed that 4452 out of 4519 results had been uploaded, indicating a progress of 98.52% percent.
Recall that the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Anugbum Onuoha, had assured that the governorship election results will be transmitted electronically.
Onuoha gave the assurance during with Arise Television on Saturday.
He stated that said only poor network could impede the transmission of results to the viewing portal (IReV)..
The report from the portal indicted that 4,259 results out of 4,519 results have been uploaded on the IReV, a progress of 95 percent.
Daily Trust reports that the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Anugbum Onuoha, had assured that the governorship election results will be transmitted electronically.
Speaking in an interview with Arise Television on Saturday, Onuoha said only poor network could hinder the transmission of results to the viewing portal (IReV).
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He said the commission has also implemented contingency plans, adding that the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) will verify voter identities to determine the precise number at each polling station.
“You know that we have 4,519 pulling units across the 18 local governments, and so far we have deployed 4,622 BVAS to the various local governments. And we also have backup of 660 BVAS,” he said.
“We have trained the operators for the BVAS. They are set. BVAS is to accredit the voters, to know the total number of voters that will vote at that level, that polling unit.
“After that, then the voters will now start voting. At the end of the day, they will count the results, and it will be uploaded to our IReV.
“That is the state we are now. Rest assured that we’ll conduct an election that we can call our own,” he said
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