The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu,has assured that the days of manipulation of election results are over in the country.
The INEC Chairman made this known in a keynote address delivered at the launch of Yiaga Africa Election Result Analysis Dashboard (ERAD) Report on Electronic Transmission of Results in the 2022 Ekiti and Osun Governorship Election in Abuja.
His words; “I can confidently say that the days of wanton manipulation of election results are clearly over.
“Yet, we are not resting on our oars, knowing that we must remain several steps ahead of those who seek to undermine the system and there are many bad guys in the field trying to undermine the system, but we stand for electoral justice.
“We will make sure that the votes cast by Nigerians are protected and the only determinant of who becomes what in our democracy.
“The importance of IReV to transparency and result management is obvious.
“We expect that with the popularity of the IReV, and the spinoffs, like the ERAD, many more users would seek to access the portal during the general election.
“We are working to ensure that users enjoy a seamless experience with IReV as possible.
“And we are also aware of the sheer size of our country. I have said this consistently that if you take the other 14 countries out of 15 in West Africa, the number of registered voters in the other 14 countries is 73 million.
“As of 2019, the number of registered voters in Nigeria was 84 million meaning that we have 11 million more voters than the whole of West Africa combined.
“So each time an election is conducted in Nigeria is like you are conducting election for the whole of West Africa. That is the size of the country.”
