The candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi has charged Nigerians to reconfigure their own BVAS.
Citizens of the world’s most populous black nation have become accustomed to the word BVAS, an acronym for the Bimodial Voter Accreditation System that has become the centre of an electoral imbroglio.
However, Obi has charged the people to employ a different approach.
Taking to his official social media handles on Sunday, the former Anambra State governor called on Nigerians to adopt the mentality of reconfiguring their own BVAS.
He gave the meaning of BVAS as ‘Basic Values Acceptable to Society’.
Obi wrote;
“As the reconfiguration of BVAS has become our watchword today, I humbly appeal to Nigerians that it’s time to Reconfigure our own BVAS “BASIC VALUES ACCEPTABLE TO SOCIETY”. Have a nice Sunday and may God Almighty bless Nigeria.”
What is BVAS ?
The Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) is an electronic device introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission in 2021.
This biometric technology was designed to verify Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), and enable human recognition through a biometric verification mechanism, using both fingerprint and facial recognition of voters.
The device can also capture images of the polling unit result sheet (Form EC8A) and upload the image of the sheet on INEC’s Election Result Viewing platform (IReV).
IReV is an online portal where results from polling units are uploaded, transmitted, and published for the public.
The portal also allows members of the public to create personal accounts to gain access to polling units’ results uploaded on the platform as PDF files.
How does BVAS work?
BVAS plays an important role in verifying the genuineness of voters’ cards and authenticating voters during accreditation.
The device works by scanning the barcode/QR code on the PVC/Voter’s register or entering the last six digits of the Voter Identity Number or typing in the last name of the voter by the Assistant Presiding Officer (APO 1) to verify and authenticate voters.
BVAS also works as the INEC Voter Enrolment Device (IVED) during voter registration. Its usage has also eliminated the use of incident forms during accreditation.
