In preparation for the coming general elections, Nigeria’s electoral commission, INEC, has scheduled a mock accreditation of voters for 4 February.
This is to further test the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) ahead of deployment for the actual elections, said INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu.
While the presidential and National Assembly elections hold on 25 February, the governorship and State Assembly elections will conducted on 11 March.
Speaking to the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on Friday, Mr Yakubu said the mock accreditation will be held at 436 polling units nationwide.
He said doing so will help reassure the public of the robustness of the system and strengthen the processes ahead of the General Election.
“Twelve polling units have been designated in each State of the Federation and four in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on the equality of the country’s 109 Senatorial Districts for the exercise,” he said.
Mr Yakubu also said the commission is encouraged with the rate of PVC Collection across the country.
He added that the meeting with the RECs will consider reports from other states “and the commission will not hesitate to consider additional measures to ensure that all citizens have ample opportunity to collect their PVCs ahead of the General Election.”
