The Independent National Electoral Commission has not taken any
decision on whether to experiment the electronic transmission of
results in the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa and
Kogi states scheduled for November, 16.
The commission, however, said it would meet in due course on the
issue, taking into consideration laws and regulations guiding the
conduct of elections in Nigeria.
The Director of Voter Education and Publicity in INEC, Oluwole
Osaze-Uzzi, spoke in an interview with our correspondent on
Monday.
He said, “No decision (has been taken) in that regard by the
commission. I believe it (INEC leadership) will meet in due course
to consider it (experimentation about the electronic transmission
of results).
“It (the commission) will take into consideration all necessary
factors, including the law and regulations governing the elections,
as well as logistics, technical and financial considerations.
Our correspondent had reported on July 4 that the Chairman of
INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, avoided questions from journalists on
the controversy surrounding the use of a server in the 2019 general
elections, when he said, “we simply cannot comment on a live matter
in court.”
Yakubu had avoided the questions during a meeting with media
practitioners in Abuja to review the 2019 general elections.
He was asked to explain the contradictions between the
statements made by him and other Resident Electoral Commissioners
of INEC before the election.
According to him, there was nothing the commission could do
about the enquiries and controversy about the server issue.
Yakubu had said, “Under our jurisprudence, you can’t comment on
a matter in court. You have quoted copiously from statements made
by officials of the commission in the context of hope that we were
going to do certain things.”
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