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4 — Vanguard, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2022
How politicians still threaten credible polls — INEC source By Jide Ajani, General Editor Cthe OMPLEMENTING efforts of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in its drive to hand to Nigerians free, fair and credible elections in 2023, Vanguard can authoritatively provide Nigerians a step-by-step process of how to assist the commission and, indeed, the nation, to deliver elections worthy of their calling. Last week, the National Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, re-committed the commission to its avowed determination to deliver on the promise of free, fair and credible elections. He insisted that the Bimodal Verification Voting System, BVAS, and the uploading of results real time had come to stay. The nagging question is whether Nigerians will have access to view polling units results as they are uploaded on the INEC Server and its result-viewing portal, INEC Election Result Viewing, IREV, portal simultaneously. The National Chairman, Professor Yakubu and Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, avoided making a commitment to Nigerians that as polling units results are being uploaded to the INEC server, the same results would be uploaded simultaneously to INEC Election Result Viewing, IREV, portal for the viewing confirmation of Nigerians. Vanguard was authoritatively informed by INEC sources at its •IREV, RATECHs will check rigging •How Nigerians can key in •immediate access to uploaded Polling Units results by voters is key •What voters must know and do to navigate the IREV sphere •Patriotic INEC staff averted rigging plot in Anambra governorship poll headquarters in Abuja that there is a difference between real time upload of results to the INEC Server and real time upload of results to the IREV portal. Whereas the INEC Server used for the election is the warehouse for documentation and storage of election results, which only a specific and designated number of senior staff of the commission have access, the IREV Portal is the window opened to members of the public to access results of elections. Vanguard learned that there is a difference between realtime upload of polling units results to the INEC Server and real time release of results on the IREV portal. The INEC source disclosed that the intendment of the commission at the time of piloting the system "is to first upload the polling units results to the INEC Server, clean up whatever errors that may have occurred using its R e g i s t r a t i o n Area Technicians, RATECHs, who also have access to the Server, before uploading the same polling units results onto the IREV portal where Nigerians can then have access.” Role of RATECHS But there are indications, and some senior officials of INEC are aware, that politicians will attempt to compromise the process at the ward level by Registration Area Technicians, RATECHS, given that they have access to the Server and are expected to validate same before upload to the IREV portal. Vanguard was informed that whereas the inviolability of BVAS remained, some politicians had already devised their own means of accommodating same. It was discovered that when voting is completed at the polling unit and results declared, signed by the candidates’ agents and the presiding officer and pasted on the wall for voters to see, and simultaneously uploadrd to the INEC server, the surest guarantee for all political parties would be an equally simultaneous upload of the same result to the IREV portal for all Resurgence of kidnapping in the South West Vanguard, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2022 — 5 POCKET CARTOON Nigerians to see as it is uploaded to the server. “That way”, the INEC source continued, “it will be difficult for any form of compromise by RATECHs to upload prewritten form EC8A results to the IREV public portal different from original results from polling units. “But a situation where results are uploaded in realtime to the INEC server, but would then be validated by Registration INTEGRITY GROUP: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors: Seyi Makinde of Oyo; Samuel Ortom, Benue; Nyesom Wike, Rivers; Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu and Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia during their meeting in Lagos, yesterday, where they announced the formation of Integrity Group. Photo: NAN By Elizabeth Osayande Area Technicians, RATECHs, at the Ward level, could give rise to interception and compromise as was discovered in Anambra governorship election where several wards of a number of LGAs where RATECHs uploaded prewritten new form EC8A result to the portal was almost sealed, but for the refusal of some collation officers, which led to its failure - but it would have been doable if the other INEC officials had cooperated. “What has been discovered - and which was attempted during the Anambra 2021 governorship election and even in Cross River State - is that some politicians attempted to compromise the process and almost succeeded by using RATECHs at ward level to upload totally different results. ''Had those people also gone ahead with the plan, the outcome of Anambra election wouldn’t have been what it turned out to be.” The source in INEC further said "if polling units results are not sent simultaneously to both server and IREV public portal for Nigerians to have access to view the same result, real time, Continues on Page 35 U kidnapping nfortunately, has become the business of the day in Nigeria. Our security forces should wake up to their responsibilities. Local hunters and AMOTEKUN should also join them to curb the activities of criminals in the region. —-Layeni Hakeem, Businessman The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway road is an important route for the entire nation. Literally everything that comes from Lagos goes through that route. We are already seeing increases in the cost of delivering goods through that route, so the situation should be tackled urgently. —UduakUwah, Customer Service agent The Federal Government must rise to its responsibilities by putting proactive measures in place such as drones and permanent security patrols and checkpoints within that axis. The Southwest governors must also do something fast. — - U c h e Emmanuel,Human Rights Activist L agos-Ibadan Expressway is one of the busiest routes in Nigeria. I am ashamed as a citizen that such a road could lack security infrastructures to the point that kidnappers are now having a field day. If this situation is not arrested immediately, the region might end up like the Northeast. —-Ben Ugbana,Media practitioner Insecurity and kidnapping across the country need urgent attention. People are now scared of using the roads and flight fees are skyrocketing daily. Southwest Governors and the Federal Government should wake up to their responsibilities. —Soyiga Adeshina, Entrepreneur We need strong political will to curb the situation. Prosperity thrives where there is peace. Checkmating the situation also requires collective effort from both the leaders and followers. —-Hadji Ahmed, Youth advocate C M Y
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