Tag: Card Readers
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Card readers delay LASIEC officials as LG elections get underway in Lagos
As elections into local government councils get underway in Lagos, some officials of the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) have blamed their late arrival to polling unts on the non-availability of card-readers. The officials spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kosofe. They said that they were forced to settle for manual…
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Finally, INEC recovers 20 card readers, 49 still missing in Bayelsa
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it has recovered 20 out of the 69 card readers stolen in Bayelsa during the Feb. 23, President and National Assembly elections. Mr Monday Udoh, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state disclosed this at a news conference in Yenagoa on Wednesday. Udoh, however, failed to disclose…
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Use of card readers mandatory in Saturday polls- INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said the use of smart card readers (SCRs) is mandatory in Saturday’s governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, said this in Abuja. Okoye said the clarification was important going by allegations since the…
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INEC pleads for return of 63 missing card readers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa, has appealed to those in possession of its 63 missing card readers to return them before Saturday’s elections. Recall that INEC on Monday announced that 63 smart card readers used during the Feb. 23 President and National Assembly elections were missing. Mr Wilfred Ifogah, Head of Department,…
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Card readers malfunction, late arrival of materials mar elections in Bayelsa
Late arrival of election materials and malfunctions of Card readers have marred Presidential and National Assembly elections in some local government areas of Bayelsa. The News Agency Nigeria correspondent who monitored elections in some polling units in Kolokuma/Opokuma, Yenagoa and Sagbama Local Governments, reports that materials arrived at 10:03 a.m, against official 8 a.m. fixed…
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APC trained card readers’ hackers in China – Atiku
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to manipulate the general elections. Atiku, who spoke yesterday at an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) of the PDP, said the ruling party has trained operatives in China to hack smart card readers of…
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SARS recovers 31 stolen card readers in Rivers
Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Rivers State on Monday recovered 31 Electronic Card Readers (ECRs) believed to have been stolen from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The SRCs were recovered in a bush on Rumuji-Emohua axis of the East-West Road in the Southsouth state. They were allegedly thrown into the bush…
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2019: INEC speaks on condition of card readers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed confidence in the performance of the Smart Card Readers to be used at the forthcoming general elections. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, expressed the confidence in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja. Okoye…
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2019: Atiku rejects incident forms, insists INEC use card readers, PVCs
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday called for the use of only smart card readers and permanent voter cards in the 2019 elections. He said he was concerned about reports that contrary to the 2018 promise by the Independent National Electoral Commission at different times and locations that…
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Kwara won’t use card readers for November council polls – KWASEIC
The Kwara State lndependent Electoral Commission on Friday said it would not use card readers for the forthcoming council polls in the state. The commission’s Chairman, Dr AbdukRahman Ajidagba, announced this at a meeting with representatives of registered political parties in his office in Ilorin on Friday. The chairmanship and councillorship elections into the 16…