Upgrade your BVAS before 2027 general election, Adeogun hails peaceful Ondo Guber poll

A former House of Reps member from Akoko Southwest/Southeast federal constituency, Hon. Ade Adeogun, has lamented malfunctioning of BVAS machines in his unit.

Adeogun spoke at his polling unit at Oba Akoko in Akoko Southwest on Saturday after casting his vote.

He has therefore called on INEC to work on how to upgrade its technology before the next general election.

“The problem we had here is with BVAS that caused delay in this unit and a lot of older voters couldn’t be accredited, so it caused a lot of frustration, so we have a lot of old people there.

“If you look at that woman sitting there now, she’s been here since morning, she’s not been able to vote, about ten, their card is correct, everything is correct, just that the system won’t capture it, and they refused to leave because they felt, they couldn’t explain, you know, it’s difficult to understand why they registered and they cannot vote.

“So, I was persuading them, hoping that they could try again before close of voting to see if it could work. Outside those minor, minor issues, it’s been pretty smooth,” he said.

Adeogun who also praised the overall conduct of voters and security personnel, describing the election process as generally peaceful

“The challenge with INEC is they need to upgrade the BVAS technology. Identity management has progressed beyond what BVAS is producing now, because if you have a system that can’t operate when it’s a bit dark, or when cloud is low, then you’re way behind time.

“So, we think that in subsequent elections, at least before the 2027 general election, they need to update the software for the BVAS, they need to work on that, to speed up the process and make the system smoother.”

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