Osun Election: Mock accreditation exercise saves voters from disenfranchisement — INEC chair

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has said the commission’s mock accreditation exercise ahead of the August 15 Osun State governorship election helped identify and resolve a potential issue with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), thereby preventing possible voter disenfranchisement.
Prof. Amupitan, who on Saturday monitored the exercise in 12 polling units across the state’s three senatorial districts, said the exercise served as an important quality assurance measure to test the commission’s technology under real election conditions.
Addressing journalists at the INEC office in Osogbo af...