NIGERIAN MEDIA TO START PROJECTING ELECTION RESULTS SOON, SAYS INEC

THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) HAS EXPRESSED ITS COMMITMENT TO DEPLOYING MORE TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS.

INEC SAID THE USE OF ITS PUBLIC VIEWING PORTAL DURING THE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS IN EDO AND ONDO STATES ERADICATED POSSIBLE ELECTORAL FRAUD AS NIGERIANS SAW THE RESULTS OF EACH POLLING UNIT ONLINE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER CASTING THEIR BALLOTS.

INEC’S RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER IN AKWA IBOM, MIKE IGINI, MADE THIS KNOWN WEDNESDAY WHILE FEATURING ON CHANNELS TELEVISION’S POLITICS TODAY PROGRAMME MONITORED IN LAGOS.

HE SAID WITH THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE INEC RESULTS PORTAL, THE NIGERIAN MEDIA WILL SOON START PROJECTING ELECTION RESULTS LIKE THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN THE UNITED STATES.