2019: INEC seeks NCC's help to electronically transmit,collate results.

2019: INEC seeks NCC’s help to electronically transmit, collate results. INEC seeks NCC's help to electronically transmit, collate results The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sought the help of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) to electronically transmit and collate results during the 2019 general elections. The Chairman of the electoral commission, Mahmood Yakubu, said this during a visit to the NCC on Tuesday as the general election draws near. The INEC delegation was received by the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Umar Dambatta, and other management staff of the organisation. The commission chairman said INEC was committed to deepening the deployment of technology in elections, adding that this is the reason there is need to discuss with telecommunications operators in Nigeria so that election results can be electronically collated and transmitted. INEC said it also wants NCC to help in voter education and publicity towards 2019 by sending bulk SMS on imperative of peaceful elections, collection of permanent voters cards by registered voters and directional information on the location of polling units. “Today, millions of Nigerians communicate by means of mobile phones and equally receive news and information using the same device,” Mr. Mahmood said. “For us in INEC, it is one of the most effective means of communicating with citizens in the area of voter education and sensitization. “INEC is committed to deepening the deployment of technology in elections. To this end,the commission introduced and deployed the biometric voter registration in 2011 general elections and Smat Card Reader, SCR, in 2015 general elections. “The time has come to electronically collate and transmit election results. We are convinced that by doing so,results will be transmitted caste and more accurately from polling units to the various collation and declaration centres. “In several re-run and bye elections conducted since the 2015 general elections, the commission has deployed the electronic collation and transmission platforms on a pilot basis. More recently, we conducted simultaneously electronic and manual transmission of results in some majors elections. “We are planning for full deployment this year in the governorship elections in Ekiti state in July and Osun state in September. Thereafter, we intend to deploy the system in the 2019 general elections.

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