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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting in the Anambra State governorship election till Sunday.<\/p>\n

WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the development is to allow those who\u00a0could not vote on Saturday due to the malfunctioning of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BIVAS) machine to do so.<\/p>\n

It was learnt that the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BIVAS) machine\u00a0failed to work in many units.<\/p>\n

Addressing reporters at the INEC office in Awka, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Nkwachukwu Orji, said the closing of voting had been shifted from 2.30 pm to 4. pm on Saturday, after which the exercise will continue on Sunday in units where voting could not hold.<\/p>\n

He said the machines suffered software hitches, adding that the commission\u2019s engineers were working to rectify the problem.<\/p>\n

He said materials did not arrive on time at some polling units because some drivers and ad-hoc staff failed to turn up.<\/p>\n

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Orji said: \u201cIt must be noted that on account of security concerns, some of the transporters that were mobilised and collected 50 per cent of their sign-on fee backed out at the last moment, leaving some of our ad-hoc staff stranded.<\/div>\n
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\u201cAlso, some of the trained ad-hoc staff backed out at the last moment. The Commission is on top of these challenges and extant regulations and guidelines will be applied on a case by case basis.<\/div>\n
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\u201cINEC<\/a> has extended the period for opening and closing of the poll from 8.30am to 4.00pm.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThis revised closing time applies to areas where polling units opened after the commencement period of 8.30 am.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn line with existing regulations and guidelines of the Commission, any intending voter who is on the queue by 4.00 pm shall be allowed to vote. All Polling Unit staff must comply with this directive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe extension of time arose out of several field reports that voters have had problems with accreditation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Commission is currently investigating the reason the accreditation devices, Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), have worked perfectly in some Polling Units, but not in others. In some of the cases, it would seem that this resulted from software glitches.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur technicians have already built an update to the devise software to prevent further challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe update is currently being installed in the concerned BVAS and we request voters, candidates and agents to be patient and allow our technical staff to solve the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Commission wishes to reiterate that in cases of sustained malfunction of the BVAS, the Presiding Officer must inform the voters and polling agents that accreditation and voting for the affected Polling Unit shall continue tomorrow or at another time determined by the Commission.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this extension of time and the recommencement of accreditation where the BVAS consistently malfunctions, the Commission assures that no voter will be disenfranchised.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe appeal to all voters, candidates, stakeholders communities and political parties to remain calm and law-abiding. We assure you that the Commission is determined to make all votes count.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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