INEC had finally declared its stand on the ongoing debate about the Electronic Transmission of Election Results..
(Recall that the Senate Invited Only the Officials from the NCC during the debate, but they did not invite anybody from the INEC)
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Thus, INEC had officially published their stand on the matter, so that everybody can read and understand everything they need to know about the Electronic Transmission of Election Results from the INEC’s point of view.

(The Members of the National Assembly definitely need to see this, and they need to digest the contents very well.)

ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF RESULT
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PREFACE...
Over the last three electoral cycles, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has consistently sought to apply technology to improve the credibility and safety of the electoral process in Nigeria. This has intensified in recent times with the threat to public safety posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has necessitated an inevitable quantum rise in remote, rather than direct and physical interactions in the electoral process. Technology has made this possible. Consequently, within the last two years, the Commission has applied several technological innovations to managing the electoral process. Some of these are the introduction of the INEC Results Viewing (IReV) portal, separate portals for nomination of candidates, accreditation of election observers, accreditation of the media for elections and for nomination of polling agents.

In addition, the Commission recently introduced online pre-registration of voters as part of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, which has made it possible for well over two million Nigerians to commence and/or complete their registration without difficulties within a period of ten weeks.

Two guiding principles underlying the Commission’s application of technology are timeliness and relevance. These principles underscore the Commission’s belief that the time has come for Nigerian elections to transcend the cumbersome, tardy and vulnerable manual transmission and collation of election results to electronic transmission.

Recently, in the course of the National Assembly seeking to amend or repeal and re-enact the Electoral Act 2010, a national debate has arisen over the question of electronic transmission of election results. The controversy has revolved around the readiness of INEC and the capacity of national infrastructure for transmitting election results electronically.

It is worthy of note that none of the sides in this controversy appears to substantially question the desirability of electronic transmission of election results. It seems that only the preparedness of INEC and the capacity of national infrastructure are questioned.

Since INEC’s readiness has become a cardinal issue in these debates, the Commission has decided to articulate and make public its position and thinking on this question, particularly for two reasons.
First, many Nigerians have called on the Commission to make its position public.
Second, we hope that by doing so, some of the partisan fervour that has tainted the discussions may recede and make common grounds and consensus possible in order to chart a more progressive way forward.

This Position Paper is borne out of this thinking.
Among other things, it distils the Commission’s position and thinking on the question of electronic transmission of election results in an easily readable form.
The positions canvassed in this paper are informed by a decade of the Commission’s technical field experience, piloting and engagement with critical stakeholders, particularly the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) on electronic transmission of election results.
Surely, a decade is not a short time for the Commission to determine whether it is ready.

Our position is not meant to support or undermine any side in the ongoing debates.
Our understanding is that as a responsible corporate citizen, particularly one whose constitutional responsibilities are at stake, INEC should lend its voice to such a momentous issue of public concern. As such, INEC’s intervention in these debates, particularly through this Position Paper, should not be misconstrued as denuding the powers of any other agency or authority to perform its functions or to hold views on the issues in question that are contrary to those of the Commission.

In that spirit, and on behalf of the Commission, I strongly commend this Position Paper No.-1 of 2021 to all stakeholders who are interested in knowing the Commission’s thinking and position on the electronic transmission of election results. We hope that through this Paper, we have contributed to dousing the heat and shedding more light on the question. If through this Paper, more common grounds and consensus are found, then its production would have been worthwhile.

Professor Mahmood Yakubu
CHAIRMAN, INEC
13th September, 2021.
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INTRODUCTION...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) believes that it has developed adequate structures and processes to successfully transmit election results electronically.

Electronic transmission of results will improve the quality of election result management, and that our engagement with stakeholders shows that the Nigerian public supports it.

The technology and national infrastructure to support this are adequate.

Consequently, if the choice was up to INEC, the Commission prefers to transmit election results electronically once the necessary legal framework is provided.

This Position Paper will, among other things, try to elaborate on the reasons why the transmission of election results electronically is both desirable and doable.
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Click on the following link below to download the Full Document, and read it up.
https://inecnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ELECTRONIC-TRANSMISSION-OF-RESULT.pdf

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https://inecnigeria.org/electronic-transmission-of-result-2/

That's if they won't hack it and divert the votes

What Nigerians cannot do does not exist

And nah the southerners go sabi hack. Northern brains no fit carry am when its not Fura dey nunu

Sammy07:
That's if they won't hack it and divert the votes

What Nigerians cannot do does not exist

And nah the southerners go sabi hack. Northern brains no fit carry am when its not Fura dey nunu

Are you in any way insulting the Northerners??

BluntCrazeMan:
Are you in any way insulting the Northerners??

No nah.

Way to go.So finally, INEC will now have a serve and cloud storage of electoral results? All those opposing the deepening of of our democratic norms and institutions should bury their head in shame. Mean-while, when will INEC make available the statistics of the last 2019 presidential election on its website?

Racoon:
Way to go.So finally, INEC will now have a serve and cloud storage of electoral results? All those opposing the deepening of of our democratic norms and institutions should bury their head in shame. Mean-while, when will INEC make available the statistics of the last 2019 presidential election on its website?

When I asked the question, someone on this platform replied me that there is no need for such, that the Election is already past, and that it is done and dusted.
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Like, we really have dafts in this country..
Dafts who do not ask questions.

Are you sure that it was INEC that really released that document??
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See exat what I saw on Page-7 of the document...
INEC accepted for the very first time that their own INEC Staff are actually involved in the manipulation of Election Results..
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“..... There is no doubt that a central reason why this has been possible is that the results management system is essentially manual.
It consists of officials completing forms and carrying them by hand to the next level of aggregation and onward to the next level until the overall result is declared. ...”

“...... Concerns have been that this process is prone to manipulation or even destruction of results.
Many result sheets have been changed and mutilated through inducements or under duress, stolen (“resultjacking”) on their way to collation centres, or destroyed during violence.
Therefore, electronic transmission of result will vastly reduce threats of negative human intervention in result management such as “resultjacking” and willful, fraudulent mutilation and falsification of results. ......”

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Let's keep our eyes on INEC..
If they conduct a good Election in 2023, we can forgive them of all the other shams they had been conducting all these while.

Let's keep hoping and believing

I just finished reading the document after downloading.

And i just need to say that this is very important, in fact critical for our nation's elections and democracy. This should attract much more attention than it has so far. In fact, if we get this right, our election management process would get a huge boost. And we know what that will mean for the nation. Please Download the document and read.

I really need to commend INEC for this rare show of some level of independence and fortrightness.

I also want to comdemn the activities of the criminally minded people in the national assembly who are fighting tooth and nail to derail this great step for our elections. Why didnt they for instance invite INEC in plenary like they did for NCC even if they had planned to initially(they obviously knew the position of INEC)? And why did the invited NCC take a different position from what their own joint committee took for years now as clearly shiwn by this document? Criminallly-minded people are also short sighted. They tend to believe that they can keep benefitting from the prevailing status quo without understanding that better skilled criminally-minded peeps would sooner displace them and have the whole cookie to themselves.

Nigerians! We gat shine our eyes!!!

nameo:
I just finished reading the document after downloading.

Honestly, it's a worthwhile read..

nameo:
And i just need to say that this is very important, in fact critical for our nation's elections and democracy. This should attract much more attention than it has so far. In fact, if we get this right, our election management process would get a huge boost. And we know what that will mean for the nation. Please Download the document and read.

I really need to commend INEC for this rare show of some level of independence and fortrightness.

I also want to comdemn the activities of the criminally minded people in the national assembly who are fighting tooth and nail to derail this great step for our elections. Why didnt they for instance invite INEC in plenary like they did for NCC even if they had planned to initially(they obviously knew the position of INEC)? And why did the invited NCC take a different position from what their own joint committee took for years now as clearly shiwn by this document? Criminallly-minded people are also short sighted. They tend to believe that they can keep benefitting from the prevailing status quo without understanding that better skilled criminally-minded peeps would sooner displace them and have the whole cookie to themselves.

Nigerians! We gat shine our eyes!!!

Thanks for your submissions..

Now we have network.

Lalasticlala,
Seun

Mynd44

helinues:

This one again??
What is your wahalla sef?