THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has deployed modern technologies and innovations to make electoral processes easier and hard to manipulate in the November 6 election in Anambra.
The Director, Voter Education and Publicity, INEC office, Victor Aluko, disclosed this today in Awka, the Anambra state capital, at a workshop organised by the commission to train journalists on election processes and procedures for the gubernatorial poll.
According to Aluko, INEC under the current National Chairman, Prof. Yakub Mahmud, has been transformed beyond what it used to be in the past with a view to making it possible for votes to count.
He urged the media to help sensitise eligible voters in Anambra State to have confidence in the commission and come out en masse to exercise their franchise during the election.
In a presentation, entitled ‘Technological Innovations in the Conduct of Anambra Governorship Election’, the Head, Information Communication Technology (ICT), INEC office, Awka, Engr. Chukwuemeka Nnaji, named one of the systems devised by the electoral umpire as a bimodal voting system.’
Nnaji added that with all technological innovations adopted by the commission, elections would be transparent, hard to be rigged and possible for all including the voters to see it outcomes even before announcements.
