{"id":198445,"date":"2022-06-23T15:40:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T14:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=198445"},"modified":"2022-06-23T15:40:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T14:40:54","slug":"ekiti-guber-us-commends-inec-on-improved-functions-of-bvas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/23\/ekiti-guber-us-commends-inec-on-improved-functions-of-bvas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekiti guber: US commends INEC on improved functions of BVAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States mission to Nigeria has praised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the improved functions of the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) during the Ekiti governorship election.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the\u00a0Ekiti election held over the weekend, and Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared winner of the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Oyebanji polled 187,057 votes to defeat his two closest challengers \u2014 Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/22\/ekiti-guber-sdp-rejects-defeat-heads-for-tribunal\/\">(SDP)<\/a>, who got 82,211 votes, and Bisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 67,457 votes.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Wednesday, the US said the exercise was largely peaceful, and urged Nigerians to be more active in political participation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States Mission to Nigeria congratulates the citizens of Ekiti State on the largely peaceful conduct of the gubernatorial election on June 18,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe commend the concerted efforts of INEC staff and security personnel which helped facilitate a secure election with a credible outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe note the election\u2019s technical improvements including that the newly adopted bi-modal verification accreditation system (BVAS) functioned properly in the vast majority of polling stations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage all citizens to register to vote as the country moves towards national elections.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States mission to Nigeria has praised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the improved functions of the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) during the Ekiti governorship election. 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