Chairperson, House Committee on Electoral Matters, Aishatu Dukku said this at a Joint Public Hearing on “The Bill for an Act to repeal the Electoral Act 2010 (As Amended) and enact the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Act, 2020″, on Wednesday in Abuja.
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The Peoples Democratic Party has demanded in line with what it termed its commitment to a transparent, free and fair election, an immediate halt to the ongoing collation of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission until data from the smart card reader accreditation at the polling units are made available to all the parties in the election.
Governor David Umahi has said that Ebonyi State lost over 300, 000 votes that could have accrued to the Peoples Democratic Party in the ongoing Presidential elections as a result of malfunctioning of the Smart Card Reader.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, was on Saturday rejected by the Smart Card Reader at his Gwaranga primary school polling unit of Gwaranga town in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission says no one can use the identification number on Permanent Voters’ Cards to comprise the smart card reader machine on Election Day.
He said that there was the need for the voting populace to be properly educated about the working of the device to make the process less cumbersome