ICT gadgets will curtail human impact with election process – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared it would decrease the effect of human interference in the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State by deploying applicable technologies for the poll.

National Commissioner and Chairman Information, Voter Education and Publicity Committee of INEC, Festus Okoye, proclaimed the commission was devoted to guaranteeing free, fair and reliable polls that would be adequate to the people.

“As you all know, the Commission places high premium on the deployment of technology in the conduct of elections. This very practice which has become a part and parcel of the operations and activities of the commission has impacted tremendously on the quality of elections in the country.

“It is important that you update your knowledge on some of these technology-driven processes and procedures of the Commission. There is no doubt that the deployment of technology in the delivery of over 26 bye-elections since the 2019 general elections remarkably reduced the impact of human interferences in the outcome of the elections.

“The Commission was able to show a clear capacity to deliver credible elections, by ensuring more that the results from the polling units were not tampered with, and that they reflected the will of the voters,” Okoye said.