₦airaland Forum

jamace:
INEC Statement On Card Reader Demonstration

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday, 09th March 2015, met to consider field reports from the public demonstration of Smart Card Readers (SCRs) conducted in 12 states on Saturday, March 07th 2015. The states were Rivers and Delta (South-South), Kano and Kebbi (North-West), Anambra and Ebonyi (South East), Ekiti and Lagos (South West), Bauchi and Taraba (North East) as well as Niger and Nasarawa (North Central).

The Commission observed that its decision to deploy SCRs for the 2015 general elections have FOUR main objectives, namely:

(i) To verify Permanent Voter cards (PVCs) presented by voters at polling units and ensure that they are genuine, INEC-issued (not cloned) cards. From the reports on Saturday’s exercise, this objective was achieved 100 per cent.

(ii) To biometrically authenticate the person who presents a PVC at the polling unit and ensure that he/she is the legitimate holder of the card. In this regard, there were a few issues in some states during the public demonstration. Overall, 59% of voters who turned out for the demonstration had their fingerprints successfully authenticated. But the Commission, in agreement with registered political parties, had provided in the approved Guidelines for the conduct of the 2015 elections that where biometric authentication of a legitimate holder of a genuine PVC becomes challenging, there could be physical authentication of the person and completion of an Incident Form, to allow the person to vote.

(iii) The SCRs provide disaggregated data of accredited voters in male/female and elderly/youth categories – a disaggregation that is vital for research and planning purposes, but which INEC until now had been unable to achieve. The demonstration on Saturday fully served this objective.

(iv) The Smart Card Reader sends the data of all accredited voters to INEC’s central server, equipping the Commission to be able to audit figures subsequently filed by polling officials at the PU and, thereby, be able to determine if fraudulent alterations were made. The public demonstration also succeeded wholly in this regard.

The Commission nevertheless took a serious view of the high rate of the SCRs’ failure to authenticate voters’ fingerprints in some areas, particularly in Ebonyi State, and has decided to thoroughly investigate the cause; as well as repeat the public demonstration in that state. This demonstration will be conducted in the particular Registration Area involved in the last exercise, namely Izzi Unuhu (Abakaliki Local Government Area); as well as in Ibii/Oziza Registration Area (Afikpo North LGA). The repeat demonstration will be on Saturday, March 14th2015.

INEC is satisfied that the use of SCRs in the 2015 general elections will add tremendous transparency and credibility to the accreditation process on Election Day. The Commission hereby reassures the public that it will do everything necessary to ensure that the processes of the elections are seamless, free, fair, credible and peaceful.



Kayode Robert Idowu

Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman

10th March 2015.

Source: https://inecnigeria.org/news-all/inec-statement-on-card-reader-demonstration/

Conclusion: Smart Card readers work with the INEC server. Without central server, the smart card readers will not function and will be useless.
If the 2019 presidential elections was conducted with smart card readers then there is a server. In addition, I recall that INEC budgeted the sum of N220million for INEC server maintenance during the 2019 elections which was duly approved by the FG. So, INEC where is your server?

Sir, with all you have said here, where does it say election results would be transmitted electronically via card reader to the server? The card reader is to accredit the voters and the total Number of persons willing to vote. Voting were done manually and not through card readers. If PDP and Atiku wants to fight this, they should call all their party agents to bring the results with them. At least they were there at each polling units during elections and announcing of results. Results would not be accepted if a party agent has reservations towards it. Let Atiku not be running after shadows and face reality if his party agents too did add to his failure.

wellmax:
I think he also forgot to mention Seun Osewa since we expect him to have everybody's name on his farewell speech.


Wailers and their wahala.


Tinubu is not relevant.

Tinubu's name omitted.

Why is Tinubu your headache, for crying out loud, he's not held any office since 2015

Uncle, it's since 2007 he held an elective post and they still wail about him every now and then...... Such relevant

kernel01:
You deserve the draining of Osun fund by Aregbesola.

Uncle mention your state and we would start from there.

fx45:
Biafra and Nigeria isn't the same. Biafra says it's 100% Resource Control... Be it IGR or Mineral Resources. Biafra is for stronger federating units and a weak center.

Afonja learn! The Nigerian template is only for failed states like Nigeria

With all due respect sir, please don't use this "afonja" slogan on me because am not part of those that would trade words with you on tribal lines. I am human first before tribe. If biafra wants full resource control, you have representation in the national assembly. Let them sponsor a bill seeking that. You can't eat your cake and have it. Let's learn to do things in the civil way.

Edodefender:
So Biafra is all about justice to the southern minorities? I wish I knew I'll never insult their cause ever again.

Let the south south control their own resources why is it so hard to understand?

Will Yoruba allow Nigeria to use Lagos igr and give them ordinary 13%?

There is difference between IGR (internally generated Revenue) and federally controlled resources.
All state generates funds which is the IGR and receives a monthly allocation from the Federal Government. By the way, Lagos generates more 70% of the VAT generated in Nigeria which constitutes the revenue FG shares among states.

He is being charged of treason not for secession. Treason is a capital offense all over the world so he is not saying the truth.

Ttipsy:
lol...

but he just said the legal truth

Depends on the book you have been checking


Which book can I check to get answers to my questions?

I have been pondering on this issue for ages. I have searched religious books and asked some scholars about the religion of Adam (supposed first man on earth) but none has been n able to make good points. Was religion initiated after him or we that came after him brought about religious?

Samleen:
Ghana currency GHS ( 1 GHS = 80.4096 NGN )
Banknotes GH₵1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50
Coins 1, 5, 10, 20, 50Gp, GH₵1

what's the excuse? Ghana currency is still performing better than wht we have here in Nigeria


compare this:

1 USD = 4.4770 GHS vs

1 USD = 360.500 NGN

Well said, but did you compare the purchase value of that 1Ghc?
Ghana did redecimalization whereby they removed some zeros from their currency.
Phasing out of higher denomination can't work if Inflation rate is high. [15.1%]. It is when we have a lower inflation that the purchase power goes up which will reduce the need for higher denomination currency.
Over dependence on foreign products too is a factor. When you are buying from people, they fell you what currency they want to be paid in. Although dollar is the most acceptable means of payment in the international market. Your currency don't have value if it's not in demand. Please don't compare naira with cedis. A 5000 cedis then has a value of around 5 cedis now. So what's the difference. Moreso, what will be bought with 5000 naira cost like 50 cedis in Ghana or more.

Why whip this kind of sentiment?
You are all calling the government a bad name because one of the occupant is a known personality. How many other lagosians houses has been shut for one reason or the other but no screams of victimization. It's we the citizens that gives these politicians drive to act the way they want. Nobody queried the reason for the closure. Moreso she doesn't own the house and she isn't the only occupant Of the house

Tbillz:
OOU is like a car been driven on flat tyres.

am sure you are not an OOU student or you schooled there during the dark days of OSU. The 2013 set graduated last year, did convocation this January and are already in service now. Couple with the fact that there was a 6 months general strike in 2013.

I knew it. This can't happen here in Nigeria. Why I go die for you??