Political parties, voters optimistic as INEC conducts mock accreditation in Kano
The INEC is conducting mock accreditation exercises across the country to test the effectiveness of the newly introduced Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) before the general election.
Some voters and members of political parties said they are optimistic about the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) as reported by Premium Times.
They expressed confidence in the voting process during the mock accreditation exercise conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano on Saturday.
The mock accreditation exercise was conducted in six local government areas in Kano.
The selected local council areas were Gwale, Kumbotso, Bichi, Dawakin Tofa, Wudil, and Rano.
Premium Times visited the Na’inawa ward in the Kumbotso council area and monitored how the accreditation exercise was conducted.
At the Na’ibawa ward, Muhammadu Zubair, a resident, commended INEC for the introduction of the BVAS technology for timely accreditation of voters unlike in the previous manual exercise.
“When I came they collected my Permanent Voters Card (PVC), I thumbprinted and my information appeared on the screen of the BVAS machine, they also tried facial accreditation which was also successful in some seconds. The entire process is not up to two minutes.
