Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has said raw election figures will not be transmitted electronically during Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Yakubu said Presiding Officers will be required to use the BVAS machine to snap the election results on the results sheet from each polling unit and upload them on INEC Result Viewing Portal for Nigerians to see.
Speaking at a meeting with leaders of International Election Observers at the Commission’s head office, the INEC boss said the decision not to transmit raw figures electronically was taken to avoid hacking as raw figures are more susceptible to hacking.
He also told the international observers the decision not to transmit the raw figures is the main difference between the Kenyan experience and what the commission is doing.
