The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was on Monday urged to create more sensitisation to the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the 2023 general elections.
Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) made the call on Monday in Abuja at a news conference on the concluded mock trial of the BVAS by INEC, preparatory to the 2023 General Elections.
Addressing the conference, Ms. Faith Nwadishi, Executive Director of the Civil Society Organisation, called for more sensitisation to the use of the BVAS, as well as for the relocation of names to decongest polling units.
She said that the CTA, as an election observer group, had embarked on meeting with critical stakeholders across the six geo-political zones and came up with some recommendations which included proper enlightenment and training of party agents, more sensitisation of security agents to the do’s and don’ts at polling units on election days.
Said she: “More attention should be paid to potential flash points across the country”.
Nwadishi, however, commended INEC for the overall performance of the BVAS while also noting improvement in the performance of the system.
Stated she: “As we move closer to the elections, we call on all stakeholders to support INEC towards achieving credible, peaceful, fair, inclusive, and conclusive elections in February and March”.
