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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission, ABSIEC, has said that the November 2 local government election in the state would not be conducted with Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) because of its \u2018disappointing nature\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Chairman of ABSIEC, Professor George Chima, disclosed this on Saturday while officially unveiling the timetable for the local government poll.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know what happened to BVAS, we are not using BVAS,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Chima added that the election will be free and transparent, assuring that the will of Abia voters will be reflected in the outcome.<\/p>\n

Noting that adequate security would be deployed for the elections, he assured that officials of the agency are prepared to discharge their duties creditably.<\/p>\n

He advised political parties and contestants to play the game according to the rules, warning that the LG election will not be business as usual.<\/p>\n

The ABSIEC chairman, who said that his office is independent of the Abia State government, dispelled fears among members of the opposition parties that the polls may be conducted in favour of the ruling Labour Party, LP.<\/p>\n

However, many chairmen of opposition parties, who were at the event, called for a little shift in the date of the election to enable them prepare better.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission, ABSIEC, has said that the November 2 local government election in the state would not be conducted with Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) because of its \u2018disappointing nature\u2019. The Chairman of ABSIEC, Professor George Chima, disclosed this on Saturday while officially unveiling the timetable for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":131632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[1208,14804,254],"class_list":["post-131633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-abia","tag-absiec","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nAbia LG election to be conducted without BVAS \u2013 ABSIEC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission, ABSIEC, has said that the November 2 local government election in the s ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-lg-election-to-be-conducted-without-bvas-absiec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Abia LG election to be conducted without BVAS \u2013 ABSIEC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission, ABSIEC, has said that the November 2 local government election in the s ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-lg-election-to-be-conducted-without-bvas-absiec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-21T20:47:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-21T21:50:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726942805.653702.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1151\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-lg-election-to-be-conducted-without-bvas-absiec#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-lg-election-to-be-conducted-without-bvas-absiec\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Abia LG election to be conducted without BVAS \u2013 ABSIEC\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-21T20:47:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-21T21:50:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-lg-election-to-be-conducted-without-bvas-absiec\"},\"wordCount\":224,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-lg-election-to-be-conducted-without-bvas-absiec#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726942805.653702.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abia\",\"ABSIEC\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-lg-election-to-be-conducted-without-bvas-absiec#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-lg-election-to-be-conducted-without-bvas-absiec\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/abia-lg-election-to-be-conducted-without-bvas-absiec\",\"name\":\"Abia LG election to be conducted without BVAS \u2013 ABSIEC - 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