The Executive Director of a citizens-led political movement, FixPolitics, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission of breaching the trust of Nigerians with its reported failure to upload the February 25, 2023 general elections results to its portal via the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System in real time, as it promised before the election.

Tony Ubani, in a statement on Thursday noted that this is a deviation from the various assurances by the commission’s officials that they were ready for the polls with deployment of the BVAS.

He also accused INEC of unpreparedness for the polls.

He stated, “At a press conference in November 2022, INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu – conscious of growing public concern about the sincerity, transparency and commitment of the commission to credible elections, in which the votes of citizens will be respected – assured Nigerians the commission would upload polling results to its portal at the polling unit, immediately after voting, adding that citizens would have access to these results in real time.

“The performance and controversies over the results mean that the electoral reforms and lessons declared to have been learned were not applied and, as an electoral body, it was significantly less prepared than it claimed.”

According to Ubani, the commission had promised to upload results from the polling unit and that citizens would have access to those results in real time as they are uploaded.

Yakubu had stated in November that the programme cannot turn around and undermine itself, as this technology has come to stay.

He assured Nigerians that “We will upload polling unit results from the polling units. Citizens will have the right to view these results. After all, who are we serving? The citizens. How can we deprive citizens access to the results of the process conducted by them at the polling unit?

“I assure and reassure you that the 2023 general elections will be our best ever and we are committed that votes cast by Nigerians will determine the outcome of the elections. Nothing more, nothing less.”

It is this assurance and several others by INEC, FixPolitics noted, that built confidence among Nigerians to register to collect their Permanent Voter Cards.

“The public even accepted the added burden of the closure of tertiary institutions as part of the sacrifice in reciprocity to the assurances by INEC of a vote that would count. Many returned from overseas to exercise their citizenship in the hope that the process would be transparent, free and their votes will count,” Ubani said.

He however lamented that since the February 25 elections, the country had been saturated with reports, complaints and protests from citizens, candidates, political party officials, civil society organisations, the media, local and international observers and well-meaning Nigerians.

“The failure of INEC and widespread delayed opening of polling units meant that voters, who showed up at the polling stations early, were frustrated and many voters and INEC staff were not able to locate their polling units for several hours.

“Despite the different voices of dissent to the outcome of the election, three specific complaints cut across most of them: INEC’s failure and refusal to upload presidential election results, particularly in real time, to the INEC Result Viewing Portal; the complete lack of transparency in INEC’s processes; and the failure to follow its own regulations and processes,” he said.

This breach of trust, he added, has made the populace to resent INEC and question the integrity of the ballot and its implication on the entire process.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/inec-has-breached-nigerians-trust-cso/%3famp

God bless the president elect
God bless Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
God bless our dear nation Nigeria
God bless Nigerians
God bless APC supporters
God bless everyone that voted APC
God bless me
God bless you
God bless nairaland users

May Nigeria not happen to me.

Toluwanise247:
God bless the president elect
God bless Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
God bless our dear nation Nigeria
God bless Nigerians
God bless APC supporters
God bless everyone that voted APC
God bless me
God bless you
God bless nairaland users

You again?! Wondermentation!!

incandescentena:
You again?!

Yes

Toluwanise247:

Yes

moh247 na u. Freeandfair247 na u. Maize247 na u. inoki247 na u. Na nuisance dey worry u here abi? Different monikers here & there!

Toluwanise247:
Yes

Do you realise you have broken the Rules of Nairaland?

Toluwanise247:
God bless the president elect
God bless Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
God bless our dear nation Nigeria
God bless Nigerians
God bless APC supporters
God bless everyone that voted APC
God bless me
God bless you
God bless nairaland users

Please stop repeating all these on every thread. As a christian, you are meant to stand up for the Truth where there's injustice.

Can you swear that Tinubu won the presidential election?

All these Agbado people rejoicing and celebrating evil may evil never depart from them.

No be today

Toluwanise247:
God bless the president elect
God bless Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
God bless our dear nation Nigeria
God bless Nigerians
God bless APC supporters
God bless everyone that voted APC
God bless me
God bless you
God bless nairaland users

It seems you are jobless.... Ur job is to write this trash in all post regarding to politics in NL.
I guess you are illiterate, u copied and posting on every thread...u lack common sense

The commission knew what they were doing

Toluwanise247:
God bless the president elect
God bless Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
God bless our dear nation Nigeria
God bless Nigerians
God bless APC supporters
God bless everyone that voted APC
God bless me0p
Pp bless you
God bless nairaland users

Go's punish al election thieves
God punish all election thieves
God punish all election thieves

AbdulMagaji:


Please stop repeating all these on every thread. As a christian, you are meant to stand up for the Truth whenever you see injustice.

Can you swear that Tinubu won the presidential election?

What is the truth? Are you there when they are rigging the election? Do you have any information ?
Am not hypocrite that stand on a wrong claim….
If you have any evident go to court….
Must every Christian support obi or dance to our pastors tunes…

Every party has plans to win this election but the smartest man won.

It shows he can help revive our economy with his smartness.

Anambra's result has shown that something hidden happened in Anambra to favour Preacher Peter Obi..

Upon all the poll disruptions in lagos by hoodlums,Tinubu still lost lagos to Obi.

Atiku and Obi should just take a pen and paper to learn the rules of before and after Election strategies from the Wise one.

Asiwaju has come to stay.
He came ,he saw and conquered.

Dont condemn him,let's commend Him


Nevertheless All Wailers are invited to the Inauguration in Abuja.

WELCOME THE INCOMING PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU...GCFR.

Thieflubu will never be president, he'll never enter Aso rock, Obi will claim his mandate soon so I urge all Obidients not to despair, the evidences against APC are much and so glaring that even The judges won't have any other options than to declare Obi the rightful winner. As of 11th March let us troop out in mass and vote Labour party for both governorship and state house assembly. More importantly let's vote LP from top to bottom in Lagos, Sanwolu the Tinubu puppet can't continue and let's end the era of godfatherism in Lagos.
Make sure to come out in mass to vote out APC in Lagos on the 11th of March they'll try to bring their thugs but we'll be resilient against them, if it's possible come out with your kala and weapons, no idiot has the monopoly of violence. We have to respond to any urchin that'll try nonsense that day with overwhelming violence and if possible jungle justice 👍
A new Nigeria is POssible!
Obi will reclaim his stolen mandate
Peace and blessings to all lovers of good governance
Death to all urchins!

Ubani igboman
This election really pain igbos shall
I come dey pity them

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AbdulMagaji:


Please stop repeating all these on every thread. As a christian, you are meant to stand up for the Truth where there's injustice.

Can you swear that Tinubu won the presidential election?

even the obidients don't practice what Jesus preaches.jesus was never domineering, overbearing, toxic and entitled

2mercy:


https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/inec-has-breached-nigerians-trust-cso/%3famp

The headline is misleading.
Instead, "INEC HAS BREACHED THE BIAFRANS TRUST"

Yes o

AbdulMagaji:


Please stop repeating all these on every thread. As a christian, you are meant to stand up for the Truth where there's injustice.

Can you swear that Tinubu won the presidential election?

CAN you swear Mr OBI won the election?

To me,inec should be tamed.

INEC chairman is the real 419... That man ought be be sentence to life imprisonment for deceiving over 200+ million people

AbdulMagaji:


Please stop repeating all these on every thread. As a christian, you are meant to stand up for the Truth where there's injustice.

Can you swear that Tinubu won the presidential election?

I feel your pain

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