The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday said the Commission will not adopt electronic voting in the conduct of the 2019 general elections. Prof. Mahmood stated this at the closing ceremony of a three-day International Conference of Election Management Bodies (EMBs)
in West and Southern African countries in Abuja with the theme “Opportunities and Challenges in the Use of Technology: Experiences from West and Southern Africa”.
He however said electronic equipments would be used in the collation and transmission of elections results.
“The brainstorming was to look at the adoption of technology in all the areas of electoral process and how to provide secure platform for the transmission of election results without hindrance.
“We are to deploy technology within our various legal frameworks within the regions. Election is not just about technology, it is about the confidence of the people in the electoral process.”
Mahmood who doubles as the President, ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) assured that mechanisms being put in place would make it difficult for electoral commission and desperate politicians to rig.
