The Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) said it would not use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), for the Local Government elections on Sept. 28.
Commissioner in charge of Information and Logistics, ANSIEC, Anthony Nnalue, said this at a sensitization program organized by the International Peace and Civil Responsibility Centre (IPCRC) on Thursday in Awka.
Nnalue said that the BVAS was unreliable following the disappointing performance of the device in previous elections in the country.
He said the commission would deploy manual accreditation, saying that it was more reliable.
“We will not use BVAS but manual. BVAS is not reliable; it has distorted the electoral process in Nigeria. We do not want a situation where election results are tampered,” he said.
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Nnalue also assured early arrival of electoral materials, saying the era of delayed arrival of material was over in the state.
He said that non-sensitive materials were already on the way to the local government councils and 5,720 ad-hoc staff have been trained to conduct the elections across the state’s polling units.
”We are fully prepared and ready for the Saturday election, in terms of security, materials and other logistics.
“Elections will not be held in Nnewi South, Orumba South and Idemili South. Voters from those areas will be voting at the council headquarters. We do not want to risk the lives of both officers and voters.
“We urge the electorate to come out en masse and vote, your vote will count,” he said.
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