{"id":132312,"date":"2024-09-27T21:25:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T20:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bvas-lacks-reliability-we-wont-use-it-for-anambra-lg-polls-ansiec"},"modified":"2024-09-27T22:29:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T21:29:33","slug":"bvas-lacks-reliability-we-wont-use-it-for-anambra-lg-polls-ansiec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bvas-lacks-reliability-we-wont-use-it-for-anambra-lg-polls-ansiec","title":{"rendered":"BVAS lacks reliability, we won\u2019t use it for Anambra LG polls \u2013 ANSIEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, ANSIEC, has said that it would not use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, for the Local Government elections on September 28, stressing that it is not reliable.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner in charge of Information and Logistics, ANSIEC, Anthony Nnalue made this known disclosure at a sensitisation programme organised by the International Peace and Civil Responsibility Centre, IPCRC, on Thursday in Awka.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the programme, which was organised for accredited election observers and media personnel, Nnalue said the commission would deploy manual accreditation, adding that it was more reliable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not use BVAS but manual. BVAS is not reliable; it has distorted the electoral process in Nigeria. We do not want a situation where election results are tampered with,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner also assured early arrival of election materials, saying the era of delayed arrival of material was over in the state.<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that non-sensitive materials were already on the way to the local government councils and 5,720 ad-hoc staff have been trained to conduct the elections across the state\u2019s polling units.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe are fully prepared and ready for the Saturday election, in terms of security, materials and other logistics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElections will not be held in Nnewi South, Orumba South and Idemili South. Voters from those areas will be voting at the council headquarters. We do not want to risk the lives of both officers and voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge the electorate to come out en masse and vote, your vote will count,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Coordinator of IPCRC, Mr Chris Azor, urged politicians and the electorate to be vigilant and shun vote buying, violence, gender discrimination, and over-voting.<\/p>\n<p>Azor urged security agencies to maintain neutrality while respecting human rights and the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>He also announced that the organisation would establish a Situation Room in Awka for real-time coordination and reporting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs accredited observers, we are committed to ensuring a free, fair, credible, and peaceful local government election in Anambra state,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, ANSIEC, has said that it would not use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, for the Local Government elections on September 28, stressing that it is not reliable. The Commissioner in charge of Information and Logistics, ANSIEC, Anthony Nnalue made this known disclosure at a sensitisation programme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":132311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[35,14515,254],"class_list":["post-132312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-anambra","tag-ansiec","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BVAS lacks reliability, we won\u2019t use it for Anambra LG polls \u2013 ANSIEC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, ANSIEC, has said that it would not use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation 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\/bvas-lacks-reliability-we-wont-use-it-for-anambra-lg-polls-ansiec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BVAS lacks reliability, we won\u2019t use it for Anambra LG polls \u2013 ANSIEC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, ANSIEC, has said that it would not use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation S ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bvas-lacks-reliability-we-wont-use-it-for-anambra-lg-polls-ansiec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-27T20:25:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-27T21:29:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1727459940.950337.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\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\/bvas-lacks-reliability-we-wont-use-it-for-anambra-lg-polls-ansiec#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bvas-lacks-reliability-we-wont-use-it-for-anambra-lg-polls-ansiec\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"BVAS lacks reliability, we won\u2019t use it for Anambra LG polls \u2013 ANSIEC\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-27T20:25:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-27T21:29:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bvas-lacks-reliability-we-wont-use-it-for-anambra-lg-polls-ansiec\"},\"wordCount\":357,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bvas-lacks-reliability-we-wont-use-it-for-anambra-lg-polls-ansiec#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1727459940.950337.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anambra\",\"ANSIEC\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bvas-lacks-reliability-we-wont-use-it-for-anambra-lg-polls-ansiec#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bvas-lacks-reliability-we-wont-use-it-for-anambra-lg-polls-ansiec\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bvas-lacks-reliability-we-wont-use-it-for-anambra-lg-polls-ansiec\",\"name\":\"BVAS lacks reliability, we won\u2019t use it for Anambra LG polls \u2013 ANSIEC - 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