Many Nigerians, especially civil society organisations, believe that the country is ripe for electronic voting as part of measures to deepen democracy and good governance.
There have been calls for e-voting over the years, but some concerns, including the fear of cybercrime, lack of electricity and rural development, and hi-wired politics among political players in the country, were listed among factors hampering the process.
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, in February said the commission would continue to carry out more pilot tests of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and deploy the device in the forthcoming Ekiti and Osun governorship elections, and ultimately, the 2023 general elections.
He also said the commission had made huge progress in the area of voter accreditation through the deployment of the BVAS. (DailyTrust)