The Independent National Electoral Commission has said the collation of results of the 2023 general elections will be done manually despite the adoption of electronic transmission of results.

INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stressed that the commission would transmit results from polling units to its result-viewing portal, IReV, as witnessed in recent elections, but that the Electoral Act was clear on how collation should be done.

Okoye said in an interview with our correspondent on Saturday, “There is a marked difference between the transfer/transmission of results and the collation of results. Section 50(2) of the Electoral Act, 2022 gives the commission the absolute discretion to determine the mode and procedure of voting in an election and the transmission of election results.

“Sections 60 and 62 of the Electoral Act govern post-election procedure and collation of election results. Section 60(1) of the Act provides that the presiding officer shall, after counting the votes at a polling unit, enter the votes scored by each candidate in a form to be prescribed by the commission

Section 60(5) of the Act makes it mandatory that the presiding officer shall transfer the results, including total number of accredited voters and the results of the ballot in a manner prescribed by the commission. Thereafter, the presiding officer shall after recording and announcing the results deliver the same along with election materials under security and accompanied by the candidates or their polling agents, where available to such person as may be prescribed by the commission.

“The implication of this is that the collation process of results is still essentially manual, but the collation officer must collate subject to his verification and confirmation that the number of accredited voters stated on the collated result are correct and consistent with the number of accredited voters recorded and transmitted directly from polling units.”

He explained that while the collation of results would “essentially” be done manually, where there was a dispute regarding a collated result or the result from any polling unit, the collation or returning officer would use the original of the disputed collated result, accreditation data from the BVAS device and the results transmitted directly from the polling unit to determine the correctness of the result.

Millimann:
Now that the Obi movement is gathering momentum, collation will now be done manually.

Before now they said he is inconsequential but now they're scared.

ImperialYoruba:


I no fit talk sha.

God bless INEC.

Bravetunde:

That is the only way you hope to win by rigging.
I thought you said at first obi is inconsequential.
But we will still shock you people.

ImperialYoruba:


Rig ke?

Can you rig social media noise? No. You can only rig physical ballots, Obi will be lucky to get 2million ballot votes across Nigeria.

I am yet to meet an obidient in my area, butvi meet thousand obidients everyday in social media.

No electronic voting or collation. Na manual. Let's see how many are truly obidient

Bravetunde:

That thing you know,atiku and obi know am too.
You must be a clowm to think obi and atiku will allow a dead old man like Tinubu rig the election.
Let's wait and see.
Moreover remember say if it gets physical afonjas are actually the weakest tribe in Nigeria in terms of streghntt and fightt.

Moh247:
Jagaban is your next President

OyeofIkoTuN:


Oga take your kettle and mat and go do the needful headslamming your way

It's too early..go and pray

Moh247:


Is this antagonism that gives you joy and happiness in life?!

Chasing around people's comment just to input your negativity

My guy change your ways

OyeofIkoTuN:


Story for the Gods..

you didn't make delegates list.. you are poor yet you still drain your little resources for irrelevant politicians..

change your ways