The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says there was no hitch in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) mock accreditation conducted in 12 Polling Units across six local government areas (LGAs) in Lagos State on Saturday.
The state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, disclosed this to newsmen after monitoring six out of the 12 selected polling units in the three senatorial districts of the state.
Commenting after monitoring the exercise in Surulere, Somolu and Ikeja, he said that the functionality of BVAS in accrediting intending voters was another test that INEC was ready for the forthcoming elections.
Agbaje said: “We have been to six stations, two each in Surulere, Somolu and Ikeja LGAs; so far, the machines are working effectively and there is no challenge or problem, and people have confirmed this.
“The essence of this is to show our people that BVAS will work. If politicians will allow us to do our work, we will work effectively. We don’t want politicians to compromise our staff in bypassing BVAS.
“So far, we have not seen any problem; if the finger fails, the face works well for accreditation of all that turned out.
“What we need to know is that these machines can effectively accredit our voters and that has been tested in all the six stations we have visited, and I am more than satisfied that INEC is ready to go,” the REC said.
According to him, within one or two minutes, voters who turned our got accredited through BVAS.
Agbaje, who said that it would be difficult for the BVAS to be faulty because they were all new, said that the commission had backups to arrest unforeseen circumstances.
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