{"id":196228,"date":"2026-02-26T11:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fct-polls-we-did-mock-trial-for-bvas-inec"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:26:24","slug":"fct-polls-we-did-mock-trial-for-bvas-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-polls-we-did-mock-trial-for-bvas-inec","title":{"rendered":"FCT polls: We did mock trial for BVAS \u2013 INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it conducted a mock trial for the update that was done on the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, in 289 polling units across the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Director, Information and Publicity of INEC, Wilfred Ifogah, disclosed this on Thursday when he appeared as a guest in an interview on Channels Television\u2019s \u2018Sunrise Daily\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He was reacting to the just concluded FCT Area Council election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrior to the FCT elections, we did a mock trial for the update that was done on the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, in 289 polling units all around FCT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter results are calculated at polling units, the presiding officer enters this data into the BVAS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the scanned image of the EC8A form, containing tabulated results, does not align with the accredited voter numbers and figures already recorded in BVAS, the system will not process the submission until accuracy is verified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis indicates an updated BVAS feature enabling it to validate scanned information against pre-recorded data, beyond merely capturing and transmitting photos,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it conducted a mock trial for the update that was done on the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, in 289 polling units across the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Deputy Director, Information and Publicity of INEC, Wilfred Ifogah, disclosed this on Thursday when he appeared as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":196227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-196228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>FCT polls: We did mock trial for BVAS \u2013 INEC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it conducted a mock trial for the update that was done on the ...\" \/>\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\/fct-polls-we-did-mock-trial-for-bvas-inec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FCT polls: We did mock trial for BVAS \u2013 INEC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it conducted a mock trial for the update that was done on the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-polls-we-did-mock-trial-for-bvas-inec\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T10:21:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T11:26:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772105166.380045.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1424\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"802\" \/>\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\/fct-polls-we-did-mock-trial-for-bvas-inec#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-polls-we-did-mock-trial-for-bvas-inec\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"FCT polls: We did mock trial for BVAS \u2013 INEC\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-26T10:21:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-26T11:26:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-polls-we-did-mock-trial-for-bvas-inec\"},\"wordCount\":199,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-polls-we-did-mock-trial-for-bvas-inec#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772105166.380045.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-polls-we-did-mock-trial-for-bvas-inec#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-polls-we-did-mock-trial-for-bvas-inec\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-polls-we-did-mock-trial-for-bvas-inec\",\"name\":\"FCT polls: We did mock trial for BVAS \u2013 INEC - 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