- BVAS: How It Transmitted Results In FCT Election – INEC
- System now validates results before submission
- Commission says update enhances election transparency
The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that it carried out a mock trial of the updated Bimodal Voter Accreditation System across 289 polling units in the Federal Capital Territory ahead of the recently concluded Area Council election.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that The Deputy Director, Information and Publicity of the commission, Wilfred Ifogah, made this known on Thursday during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily while responding to concerns raised over the conduct of the FCT poll.
According to Ifogah, the commission introduced an update to the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and conducted a test run to assess its effectiveness before deploying it for the election.
“Prior 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,” he said.
He explained that the update was designed to strengthen the credibility of the result management process at the polling unit level.
Providing further details, Ifogah said presiding officers are required to input results directly into the BVAS after collation at the polling units.
“After results are calculated at polling units, the presiding officer enters this data into the BVAS,” he stated.
He added that the upgraded system now features an inbuilt validation mechanism that cross checks uploaded results with data already recorded during voter accreditation.
“If 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,” Ifogah explained.
He noted that the improvement goes beyond the previous function of simply capturing and transmitting images of result sheets, stressing that the commission remains committed to enhancing transparency and ensuring uploaded results reflect actual figures recorded at polling units.
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