Tag: Card Reader
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#OndoDecides2020: Jegede, wife finally vote after initial card reader challenges
Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede eventually voted at 11:08 am, 10 minutes after the card reader failed to read his fingerprint and that of his wife, Eno. Clad in white native attire with a blue cap to match, he dropped his ballot paper with excitement using two fingers to express victory. In…
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#EdoDecides2020: INEC is failing us, card readers not working, Oshiomhole complains bitterly
Immediate past Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has lamented that card readers are not working at some polling units in Saturday’s Edo governorship election. He said this after casting his vote at polling unit 01, Ward 10 in Uzairue northeast, Etsako West Local Government Area. The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress,…
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Card reader malfunctions at Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s polling unit
One of the two card readers provided by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the polling unit of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s polling unit in Ikoyi, Lagos, has failed. An INEC official told newsmen that the voting is yet to start because the card reader has to be fixed. TheNewsGuru recalls…
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No card reader, no voting in Kaduna – REC
Alhaji Kaugama Abdullahi, the INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner for Kaduna State said on Friday that there would be no voting in the March 9 Governorship and State Assembly elections without the use of the Card Reader. Abdullahi stated this while addressing a joint news conference with heads of security agencies in the state a few…
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2019 elections: Card reader rejects Bayelsa Governor
Smart card reader has rejected the thumb of Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, amidst reports of delays in arrival of election materials in some parts of the state. Dickson was however allowed to vote at Ward 2 unit 5 in Orerewari, Toru Orua, Sagbama Local Government Area at about 10.35 am after several unsuccessful trials…
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2019 elections: Card reader fails to identify Ben Ayade
Cross River State governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the Saturday Presidential and National Assembly elections, describing the exercise and turnout as both peaceful and massive, even when the card reader deployed for his unit failed to identify him. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Ayade accompanied by his wife, Lynda, arrived Kakum…
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Election: PDP’s Jimi Agbaje complains of failed card reader
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Saturday said he was concerned about the malfunctioning of the card readers during voting at his polling unit in Apapa. The PDP candidate spoke with newsmen after he and his wife, Biola, voted at polling unit 004,Ward A, Liverpool, Apapa around 11.20a.m.…
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2019 elections: INEC card reader displays ‘voting completed’ in Delta
Card reader deployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for conduct of the presidential and National Assembly elections at one of the polling units in Delta State was displaying “voting completed”. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the INEC card reader was rejecting voters PVCs and displaying “voting completed” when INEC officials were about to start accreditation…
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Elections: Tinubu denies ownership of card reader manufacturing company
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has condemned Sahara Reporters for incorrectly linking him with a company called Act Technologies Limited. A statement issued by Tinubu Media Office yesterday said the APC leader has absolutely no relation to, or interest in, Act Technologies Limited. “He had never even heard of the company…
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2019: We’ve achieved 95% configuration of Smart Card Readers – INEC
The Independent National Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it has achieved 95 per cent configuration of the Smart Card Readers to be deployed for the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday. Briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja on the commission’s preparations for the postponed national elections, Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, promised that…