2019 elections: Advocacy group files FOI request seeking breakdown of card readers usage

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The presidential and parliamentary elections in Nigeria held on February 23 across the 36 states and the federal capital territory.

The polls, however, were marred in some parts of the country by card reader malfunction, a situation that led to voters’ frustration.

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, for instance, was a victim of card reader malfunction on election day as theThe FOI request by the EiE noted that the card reader has been adopted as a means of accreditation for voting since the 2015 general elections. “The card reader was also adopted as a means of accreditation during the 2019 elections with the slogan – ‘No PVC, No Voting,’ read the request signed by Seun Akinyemi, a research associate at EiE.

“The accreditation process for the 2019 presidential and the national assembly elections has been the subject of intense public debate. Therefore, it is critical to study the accreditation patterns across the country to ensure the integrity of our electoral process.”

 

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