The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Result Viewing Portal (IReV) is not a result collation or transmission system.
INEC explained that IReV was a platform that enhances election transparency by allowing the public to view polling unit results.
The commission’s Director of ICT, Paul Omokore, clarified that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) was used to upload pictures of polling unit results on form EC8A to IReV, which does not translate to electronic transmission of results.
Omokere made the clarification during a presentation titled ‘The role of BVAS, IReV for Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo Governorship elections’ at a two-day capacity workshop for journalists on Monday in Akwanga, Nasarawa.
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He said:
“Form EC8A is the result that we collated at the PUs. We use BVAS to snap this form and upload the same thing to the IReV portal for public viewing. This is not a collecting system. It does not tally a system. What it does is snap the EC8A, which is the result at the polling unit and upload the same to the public view. That is all.
“I know that 70 percent of the populace think that the others have collected the figures. No. All what it does is snapping the EC8A that the presiding officers have collected all the scores of the parties, signed and stamped and then send this same picture to the IReV for public viewing. That is all. So it is not a collecting system.”
He advised journalists and members of the public not to confuse uploading polling unit results to IReV with electronic transmission of results.
He said:
“The role of BVAS is to ensure one-person-one-vote. The role of the IReV Portal is to improve the openness and credibility of our elections.”
