OGUN ELECTORAL COMMISSION GIVES ASSURANCE ON CREDIBLE ELECTION
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) boss also dismissed claims that the card reader has been enhanced to re-capture Voters’ fingerprints, noting that, the card reader cannot automatically overwrite the biometric record on the database of the commission,.
Penpushing further reports that, Ogunmola added that where the biometric authentication fails, the voter shall be allowed to vote manually, “If the fingerprint is not authenticated by the card reader but the PVC is confirmed as genuine and the voter’s personal details are consistent with the manual register, he/she shall be allowed to vote.
“Similarly, the claim that the card reader has been enhanced to recapture voters’ fingerprints at polling units and automatically overwrite the biometric record on our database is untrue and should be disregarded’.
“However, where the biometric authentication fails, the voter will be required to thumbprint a box next to his/her picture on the register and to enter his/her mobile phone number before proceeding to vote.”
Penpushing also reports that the commission’s Administrative Secretary in the State, James Popoola called for the services of traditional rulers in the State towards ensuring that electorate go out and claim their Permanent Voters’ Card (PVCs).
He explained that out of the 1,123, 537 PVCs received since year 2015 till 11th January, this year, only 223, 372 PVCs were collected, while a total of 900, 165 were still uncollected at the Ogun Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) office.
The commission’s scribe said , the total of over 1 million PVCs received from the Headquarters in Abuja included those who transferred their cards from various part of the country to the State. He appealed to traditional rulers in Ogun to prevail on their subjects to abstain from electoral vices, maintain peace “before, during and after elections”.
