Card Reader will be mandatory in the conduct of the 2019 election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said yesterday.
A top official of the commission said yesterday tha card readers helps the Commission in three ways that is, helping to confirm that the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) was issued by INEC, that the biometrics of the holder are correct and that the identity of the holder is authenticated though the fingerprints.
The official said the Commission would soon begin a process of upgrading the Card Readers such that whatever was experienced in the past would not occur in the 2019 election. Read more