Most of the Card Reader machines
deployed for the conduct of Kogi Governorship election have been
working effectively across the state.
Correspondents
of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited some polling units in
different parts of the state observed that not much hitches had been
recorded by INEC officials handling the card readers.
Some
party agents and election officials who spoke with NAN in separate
interviews also confirmed that there was great improvement in the
effectiveness of the machines compared to the last general elections.
A visit to polling units in Okene, Ogori-Magongo, Adavi, Ajaokuta, Kabba-Bunu, Mopa-Muro, Yagba West and Yagba East local government areas of the state indicated that the machines were working well.
NAN reports that only a few challenges were encountered with the machines in Kabba/Bunu, Ijumu and Ajaokuta local government areas of the state.
However, an INEC official in Egbada-Egga
in Ijumu Local Government Area, Mr Michael Obinna, assured that the
hitches associated with a few of the machines were being addressed.
It will recalled that about 4,000 card reading machines had been deployed by INEC for the governorship election in the state.
The commission said the machines had been ‘’configured, tested and ready to go’’.
Meanwhile, the election has been generally peaceful across the state.
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