Expert Calls On INEC To Introduce E -Voting

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Mr Gbenga Sesan , Executive Director , Paradigm Initiative Nigeria ( PIN) has called on the Independent Electoral Commission ( INEC ) to adopt electronic voting system for major elections in the country .

Sesan made this disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) .
NAN reports that e - voting or electronic voting refers to using computerised voting machines to cast ballots instead of the conventional ballot papers .

According to him , voting electronically reduces election rigging especially in areas where inaccessible by the electoral officials .
He said that technology had been infused in our lives and adopting e - voting was important in ensuring that everyone was carried along in the electoral process .
“Many years ago as a student in the university I will go and look for my lecturers to sign a form.

“We don ’ t need to do that anymore in schools registering for courses are now automatic because everything is done online.
“ I finished less than 20 years ago , life has moved on, things change so we are agitating for e - voting.

“ 20 years from today nobody will be arguing about e - voting, because we don ’t have a choice ,’’ he said .
He said that there was no way INEC can manage elections effectively without the use of e - voting.

“ So if there is a credible institution called INEC that really wants to get the job done , it has to introduce electronic voting to ensure that all areas are captured during elections .’’



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