INEC can’t build robust democracy with technology alone — Amupitan

Reveals introduction of downloadable PVCs, dismisses claims of warehousing PVCs to favour party

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, has said that no matter the sophistication of the technology and logistics deployed during elections, it will be impossible to achieve credible polls if citizens remain detached, uninformed, cynical or completely uneducated about the power of their votes.
Amupitan made the disclosure while receiving the leadership of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) in his office in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said the commission could procure the most sophisticated Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines, u...