Prof. Shuaibu AbdulRaheem, the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Occasion in Kwara State, says the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee has not improved its service supply within the conduct of Saturday’s election.
The candidate made the assertions in an interview with the Information Company of Nigeria on Saturday in Ilorin.
AbdulRaheem spoke through the Governorship and Home of Meeting elections.
He mentioned INEC had assured that BVAS should have a sim card, which might allow it to obtain alerts from service suppliers, including that reverse was the case.
He mentioned: “What we heard is that lots of the BIVAS do not need sim playing cards and now relied on digital technique.
“There may be a number of confusion in that space.
“What INEC informed us just isn’t what we’re getting now.
“Electoral physique says BIVAS will probably be used and there will probably be instantaneous loading of information instantly after voting, however there isn’t a proof of that.
“All the pieces had ultimately turned mechanical.
“So, it’s opposite to impression folks have been on condition that BIVAS is a revolutionary instrument.”
AbdulRaheem, additionally the previous Vice-Chancellor, College of Ilorin, mentioned folks had been complaining that the supplies meant to be used weren’t applicable.
He mentioned: “Individuals nonetheless have issue in figuring out social gathering emblem on the poll papers.
“The emblem was mutilated and the title of NNPP has not been written because it must have been written.”
The candidate mentioned there have been unpatriotic residents who had been given nationwide jobs with INEC, including that a few of them had been generally brokers of confusion.
AbdulRaheem mentioned: “There was a polling unit the place some INEC officers mentioned that they haven’t been paid, so they won’t work.
“It took the intervention of a superior officer to get them again to do their jobs.”
AbdulRaheem mentioned there was low prove of voters, including that it doesn’t cease folks from exercising their civic duties, hoping that extra folks would prove to vote.
“There may be low turnout of voters evaluate to the presidential election and the conduct has not been higher by way of malpractice.
“Like they are saying, BIVAS don’t have sim playing cards and no Wi-Fi providers for it to be activated.
“So how can anyone belief that type of factor.”