{"id":101558,"date":"2022-11-24T21:47:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T20:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101558"},"modified":"2022-11-24T21:47:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T20:47:36","slug":"adamu-recants-claims-he-was-misquoted-on-deployment-of-bvas-electronic-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/adamu-recants-claims-he-was-misquoted-on-deployment-of-bvas-electronic-transmission\/","title":{"rendered":"Adamu Recants, Claims he was Misquoted on Deployment Of BVAS, Electronic Transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked a statement credited to its chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, where he kicked against the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the 2023 election.<\/p>\n<p>National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, while addressing journalists on Thursday, said, Adamu was only expressing concern over the use of BVAS, considering the network challenges and electricity supply in some remote villages.<\/p>\n<p>APC chairman on Wednesday expressed worries over electronic transmission of results and the use of BVAS during a visit by the a Commonwealth delegation.<\/p>\n<p>During the press briefing at the APC secretariat, Morka said, it was just an observation and a challenge for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for better preparation.<\/p>\n<p>The statements read in full:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA section of the media is awash with comments credited to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu on the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the Results Viewing Portal (IReV), otherwise known as electronic transmission of election results, for the 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedia reports that Chairman Adamu kicked against INEC\u2019s decision to deploy BVAS and electronic transmission of results is patently false, and constitutes an unfair misrepresentation of the National Chairman\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a meeting with the\u00a0 Commonwealth pre-election delegation, yesterday, Wednesday, November 23, 2022, in response to a question regarding the country\u2019s preparations for next year\u2019s election, the National Chairman noted that while preparations were in top gear, he tasked INEC to take effective steps to bridge any gaps that may be created by electricity and telecommunications network challenges in certain outlying voting districts in the country in order to ensure a smooth and successful deployment of BVAS and other technologies to ensure free and transparent elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be clear, Chairman Adamu did not kick against the deployment of BVAS or electronic transmission of results as erroneously reported by sections of the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe APC administration of President Muhammadu Buhari midwifed the successful reform of the Electoral Act, the introduction of (BVAS) among other technological innovation, and has superintended the conduct of credible, free, fair and transparent elections in Edo, Anambra, Ekiti and Osun States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Party and Government remain committed to the highest levels of electoral transparency and democratic consolidation in our country.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked a statement credited to its chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, where he kicked against the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the 2023&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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