By our reporter| The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said it has launched a portal where election results from polling units can be viewed in real time on election day.
Festus Okoye, INEC spokesman, in a statement, said the portal will “strengthen the transparency in the election result management system.”
According to Okoye, the use of the portal will start with the Nasarawa central state constituency election after which it will also be deployed in Edo and Ondo governorship polls scheduled for September and October this year.
Okoye who noted that INEC is determined to address the issue of election management as, “it is a fundamental principle of democracy that in elections, votes are not only correctly counted, but that they also count,” however, said the measure does not constitute electronic collation of results as collation of election results shall remain a manual process as provided by the law.
He said, “To further strengthen the transparency in the election result management system, the Commission has decided to introduce a dedicated public portal, the INEC RESULT VIEWING (IReV), that will enable Nigerians to view Polling Unit results real time as the voting ends on election day.”
“The Commission wishes to emphasize that this does not constitute electronic collation of results. The collation of election results shall remain as provided for by law, a manual process of completion of relevant result sheets and their upwards collation until the final results are determined.
“The Commission hopes that this innovation would improve the transparency in election result management and therefore further consolidate public confidence in the electoral process.”
Ahead of the Nasarawa election holding on Saturday, the commission said at the end of the election, the result sheet can be assessed on the INEC results viewing portal (IReV) after the registration process has been completed.
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