Priscilla Maakuna
The Independent National Electoral Commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Festus Okoye, has said that the commission does not plan on reverting to the manual collation of results, the commission would stick to the electronic result transmission as witnessed in the recent Ekiti and Osun governorship elections.
He said this in a statement made available to Newsmen titled ‘Clarification on electronic transmission of election results.’
The statement reads in part: “The Independent National Electoral Commission’s attention has been drawn to a misunderstanding arising from a recent short interview granted to a national newspaper on the procedure for result management during elections.
“Some have interpreted the explanation on result management procedure to mean that the commission has jettisoned the electronic transmission of result and reverted to the manual process. This is not correct.
“For clarity, the procedure for result transmission remains the same as in recent governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States. There will be no change in all future elections, including the 2023 general election.
“We wish to reassure Nigerians that the electronic transmission of result has come to stay.
“It adds to the credibility and transparency of the process when citizens follow polling unit level results on the INEC Result Viewing Portal on real time on Election Day. There will be no change or deviation in subsequent elections.”