By Joyce Remi- Babayeju
FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu has charged INEC to improve on the functionality of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation Systems, BVA.
Aliyu gave this charge during the presentation of certificate of returns to the newly elected chairmen and councillors of the area council elections held on February 12, 2022.
Aliyu noted that while monitoring the voting process during the FCT election, it was observed that the process was slow at several polling units owing to malfunctioning or faulty BVAS machines.
She called for an urgent action towards looking into BVS machines malfunctioning or to bring back the electorate accreditation manual voting system as the general elections approaches.
“Today is another remarkable day in the history of FCT as we have successfully conducted one of the most peaceful elections in the third tier of government in Nigeria.”
“The elections have been won and lost, but today’s event is for the presentation of certificates of return to the newly elected chairmen of the six area councils and councillors of the 62 wards of FCT. It is worthy to note that the FCT Administration does not in any way interfere with the conduct of the elections.
This alone entails transparency, the minister emphasized.
