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egennie:
please what is this USSD I keep hearing about. can someone explain to me

Unstructured Supplementary Service Data.
Type it on Google and read up a little.

USSD, MOBILE AND E-VOTING IN NIGERIA: A POSSIBILITY OR A DREAM?

Nigeria’s upcoming General Elections is just around the corner. According to the website of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, General Elections are scheduled to hold on Saturday 18th February, 2023 nationwide. However, before that day, a couple of bye-elections and governorship polls are expected to have been conducted, notable among them is the Anambra State Gubernatorial Election.

Before the 2023 General Elections, however, it is believed, and expected, that the INEC is already fine-tuning its preparations and putting all necessary things in place to ensure that the next round of elections is better organized compared to the previous ones. As well, a handful of politicians are already strategizing, aligning and re-aligning in order to give themselves the best chance of winning tickets of their various parties and ultimately contesting for their desired positions in government.

Meanwhile, some questions remain on the minds and lips of Nigerians: “Would this next General Election be free and fair?”, “Can INEC get it right this time?”, “Why should I bother to vote when my vote would not count?” This general scepticism among Nigerian electorates is a major factor why we still have low turnout on election day. Nigerians have totally been disenchanted by the crop of political leaders and their choices and actions, particularly as regards conducting a free and fair election that can bring forth the best among the best.

Currently, Nigeria operates an Open-Secret Ballot system of voting during elections. In the not too distant past, we have experimented with other systems, including the Open Ballot and the Secret Ballot systems. However, those apparently did not yield the desired result, hence the tweaking and introduction of the Open-Secret Ballot, and more recently the Electronic Voters Register, Smart Card Readers and the use of Permanent Voters Cards.

In spite of these technological introductions – which have relatively improved the organization and conduct of elections, especially the aspects of data gathering and data warehousing – there is still need for a more robust system which can incorporate these technologies as well as provide for cheaper and faster means of voter registration, real-time, online conduct of elections and instant reporting of election results to every nook and cranny of the country.

Now the salient question on one’s mind is can we upgrade to conducting elections using newer but cheaper technologies such as the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) and touchscreen technology, perhaps. The USSD, for instance has been successfully deployed by various government bodies including the Lagos State Government for verification of COVID-19 PCR test results, by the Vehicle Inspection Service (VIS) to track MOT vehicle registration status, and by the Nigeria Insurers Association (NIA) to help motorists verify the authenticity of their Auto Insurance Certificates. Indeed, the Ghanaian Electoral Commission recently deployed USSD for the registration of voters before and during their last elections, and it was massively considered a success.

I believe Nigeria can take it a notch further by actually developing a program or system that allows for USSD in combination with the National Identity Number (NIN) to deploy a fail-proof system that ensures a massive improvement in how elections are organized in Nigeria.

If this system is deployed right and is indeed fail-proof, some of the possible benefits are:

- Voter accreditation is achieved much easier, cheaper and faster.

- Quick and easy voting by voters from the comfort of their homes or offices.

- Elimination of multiple registration and double voting as the system can only recognize and accept a single occurrence of the unique number (NIN?) assigned to each eligible registered voter.

- Vote counting is automated, and therefore instant.

- Election results are automatically and electronically collated and updated onto a central portal where they can be easily assessed.

- Maximum transparency is ensured.

- Elimination of voter disenfranchisement as Nigerians from all nooks and cranny of the country and in diaspora can equally participate, provided they have first been registered and accredited.

- Incidences of election manipulation and rigging would be minimized or even eliminated completely.

- Funds invested to deploy these technologies are a small fraction of total savings to be derived from the discard of the old system, which was cost-heavy and time-consuming.

Now, obviously, it is already too late in the day for this new technology, if feasible, to be used in the next rounds of elections in 2023. However, we must make concerted efforts to learn lessons from the upcoming 2023 elections – as we must have from the past ones – and put the right technology in place before the year 2027, which by the way, is not too far ahead.

In the meantime, we have to make the best of the voting system we currently have by registering to vote, making the right choices among political aspirants, coming out to vote on election day, and ensuring that our votes are counted and the results generally represent the wishes of the majority.

Armstrong A.
08022490067
andrew.mymail3@gmail.com

caesymore:
How much I loved this Legend and still do... I could recall I shed tears when I heard of his demise.
R.I.P Michael Joseph Jackson

You're not alone (pun intended) I did too.

Debt recovery drive ordered by top management.
There's more to this than meets the eye.

Good night.

You're doing well.

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NwaAmaikpe:





Sai Baba now and forever.
Our darling daddy has shown the world that Jack is not his mate.

This Twitter ban will bring more foreign investors to our great country because they are sure that our government can speedily implement declarations.

This Twitter ban has further built my confidence in our darling daddy.
He is a man of his words, in less than 24 hours of declaring the suspension of Twitter's operations in Nigeria, all Telcos have complied and the ban implemented.
Even the Attorney General has cooked up a law for offenders.

But it is not fair that CBN is yet to comply with our darling daddy's declaration of 2015 when he said that as President he will make $1= N1.

It is also not fair that the army is yet to comply with the FG's declaration of Boko Haram being technically defeated.
Our Attorney General should please pass a law that incriminates anyone; bank or individual who exchanges dollars above 1Naira.

Because the speed used in implementing one decree should be the same speed used in implementing other fictitious declarations.

Best comment from this guy in a long while. Exactly my thoughts.

Cut rhymes with shot. Probably somehow heard wrongly. Omoyele Sowore has been shot cut.

What if one is willing to go for Nigerian used?

Please show me if you have any.

I'm planning for a pickup truck to convey small machines and equipments as well as small quantities of product samples, once in a while.

Please what's the best option for small-sized, reliable, cost-effective, functional pickup truck one can get nowadays?

Obviously, there's no budget for the regular Tacomas, Tundras, Frontiers and F150s, any of those can come into the picture later, hopefully. For now, financial practicality and functionality tend to influence my decision and planning.

Any options?

Budget: N600k - N1m

Good evening.

Let's work with you to make it exciting, at a cost-effective price

bukatyne:
I like your definition baje baje.

Then you wonder where the compatibility that made them marry vanished to.

Exactly. Still a mystery to me.

kingreign:
Baba e no even need to do 160km/h. Just 100km/h, make e drop speed to 50km/h, then resume when climbing up hill. E go see the response.

You're right.

GAZZUZZ:
set your cc to 160km/h, slow down to 80km/h then press the resume button when driving up a hill.

A sudden surge resulting in engine power and noise. Makes sense. Thanks Chief.

Read the writeup by op and first few comments, so was about to think he should be encouraged, until I watched the video and heard his rants about 'the rants'. Op should take it easy and focus on his actual video next time (assuming there's going to be another) instead of dedicating over 70 percent of it talking about his perceived detractors.

Blackbishop:
And what makes it rotate?

Kindly explain how the system works during normal driving and while using cruise control, if you know.

Blackbishop:
How do you think the charging thing works?

Alternator rotating and delivering power to the battery.

Marpol, mods fp plz.

[quote author=Observer007 post=101694641][/quote]Good night.

HeavenlyBang:
Why not?

I'm here purely to learn. Thanks.

Blackbishop:
Bro CC will never kill your battery.
And the reason you wont feel the roar when on CC is because it uses collective data from various components.

Never said it would kill one's battery, but asking whether the normal battery charging process would be altered or not.

Does using cruise control have any effect on battery charging? I mean while using CC would a car's alternator still deliver the appropriate voltage for the battery to attain optimal charging? If yes, how are autos programmed to make this happen?

Normally, when I accelerate I always feel the power exerted from my foot to the pedal and confirmed by the sound [roar] of the engine. But with CC none of that.

What's your take on this?

Cc: Nurey, Gazzuzz, Radautoworks, HeavenlyBang, Blackbishop, Kingreign, Olumzz, other auto enthusiasts.

His story seems genuine enough. Likely an unfortunate father caught up in his son's mess.

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yesloaded:
I suggest you get one Toyota Corolla, you can easily run across as you like & fuel consumption won't trar your pocket

With Corolla, you don't need to stress yourself

I once owned a Corolla (for 7 years) and know a few things about its strong points and limitations. I'm not really in a hurry to go for another one.

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We leave no stone unturned!

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