THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared it
will use the card reader in the forthcoming national and state
assemblies rerun elections in Rivers State. INEC’s Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC), Mr. Aniede Ikoiwak, stated this during stakeholders’
meeting in Port Harcourt.
Ikoiwak, who took over recently from Dame Gesila Khan, disclosed that incident forms would be used to compliment card readers in special situations based on the commission’s approval. The new REC noted with concern, that most of the reruns ordered by courts were in the South- South region, urging politicians to cooperate with the commission.
He further urged the various political parties to conduct themselves maturely, saying it was unfortunate that the reruns ordered by the courts were more in the South-South states. He said INEC was going to work with the new modified system for the rerun elections adding that accreditation will commence by 8:00am and end by 2:00pm
“We are going to use the card reader, the new modified system. The accreditation will commence by 8:00am and end 2:00pm. We have to be mature, in the whole of the South-West, no rerun election was ordered in the South- West. NEC came with incident form to complement card reader but some thought it was to circumvent card reader. This is wrong, card reader is for peculiar situations where fingers were not authenticated,” he said.
Ikoiwak, who took over recently from Dame Gesila Khan, disclosed that incident forms would be used to compliment card readers in special situations based on the commission’s approval. The new REC noted with concern, that most of the reruns ordered by courts were in the South- South region, urging politicians to cooperate with the commission.
He further urged the various political parties to conduct themselves maturely, saying it was unfortunate that the reruns ordered by the courts were more in the South-South states. He said INEC was going to work with the new modified system for the rerun elections adding that accreditation will commence by 8:00am and end by 2:00pm
“We are going to use the card reader, the new modified system. The accreditation will commence by 8:00am and end 2:00pm. We have to be mature, in the whole of the South-West, no rerun election was ordered in the South- West. NEC came with incident form to complement card reader but some thought it was to circumvent card reader. This is wrong, card reader is for peculiar situations where fingers were not authenticated,” he said.
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