\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we are still working on it and when we are sure of its robustness, we will now deploy it. But for the purposes of the Edo election, the Z-pad would only be deployed for the purposes of snapping form EC8A and uploading that particular form into the INEC viewing portal,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Edo 2020: What you need to know about INEC\u2019s new online results portal","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"edo-2020-what-you-need-to-know-about-inecs-new-online-results-portal","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-09-22 11:27:13","post_modified_gmt":"2020-09-22 11:27:13","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/newsspecng.com\/?p=89","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":496},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};

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\u201cFor Nasarawa central state constituency election, we deployed it as a secondary authentication submission to the smart card reader but we had a few challenges with it and we feel that we need to do additional work on it in terms of capturing the facials of voters and also aligning it to function together with the smart card readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When PREMIUM TIMES contacted the INEC national commissioner for voter education, Festus Okoye, he assured that the commission would continue to work on the robustness of the Z-pad platform for a future election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ms Idayat further said, \u201cSecuring our elections, of course, technology is good to add to the authenticity but we must also change the nature of politics itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Z-Pad platform
Since the electoral commission has admitted the challenges it encountered in administering the Z-pad platform in the Nasarawa bye-election, an electoral expert, Idayat Hassan, director of the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), in a phone interview with PREMIUM TIMES, said, \u201cWhile technology is very good, what we have also learnt from another part of the world is that technology is another vulnerable element in elections, so it is not like the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Idayat further said, \u201cSecuring our elections, of course, technology is good to add to the authenticity but we must also change the nature of politics itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt is important that INEC calls upon all the presiding officers to sign the results and only the final result after they have appended their signatures as presiding officers are the images that should be taken and not results that are not signed. It also raises the integrity of the result itself,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Idayat further said, \u201cSecuring our elections, of course, technology is good to add to the authenticity but we must also change the nature of politics itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr Itodo also said some of the results uploaded on the portal were not signed by the presiding officer. He said such could mar the integrity that INEC intends to promote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Idayat further said, \u201cSecuring our elections, of course, technology is good to add to the authenticity but we must also change the nature of politics itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhat that tells us is that the election was held in just 44 polling units. And in Edo State elections would be conducted in over 2,000 polling units, so that portal has the capacity to carry out all photo forms of EC8A from the field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Itodo also said some of the results uploaded on the portal were not signed by the presiding officer. He said such could mar the integrity that INEC intends to promote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Idayat further said, \u201cSecuring our elections, of course, technology is good to add to the authenticity but we must also change the nature of politics itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIt would be important to underscore YAIGA Africa findings from the Nasarawa bye-elections because we observed that election part of what we found out in respect to the timing for the results, the first results were uploaded at about 4:25 p.m. while the last result came in at about 10:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Itodo also said some of the results uploaded on the portal were not signed by the presiding officer. He said such could mar the integrity that INEC intends to promote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Idayat further said, \u201cSecuring our elections, of course, technology is good to add to the authenticity but we must also change the nature of politics itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBecause results management has always been shrouded in secrecy, so any attempts by the electoral commission to introduce the IRV, it\u2019s a welcome development. It shows that the commission is responsive<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Itodo also said some of the results uploaded on the portal were not signed by the presiding officer. He said such could mar the integrity that INEC intends to promote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Idayat further said, \u201cSecuring our elections, of course, technology is good to add to the authenticity but we must also change the nature of politics itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI would have to commend INEC for the fantastic innovation; it would deepen the integrity of the election collation process because it grants public access to results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Itodo also said some of the results uploaded on the portal were not signed by the presiding officer. He said such could mar the integrity that INEC intends to promote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Idayat further said, \u201cSecuring our elections, of course, technology is good to add to the authenticity but we must also change the nature of politics itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, an electoral expert and director of YIAGA Africa, Samson Itodo, speaking with PREMIUM TIMES, in a phone interview, urged INEC to improve in terms of speed of uploading the results in real-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would have to commend INEC for the fantastic innovation; it would deepen the integrity of the election collation process because it grants public access to results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Itodo also said some of the results uploaded on the portal were not signed by the presiding officer. He said such could mar the integrity that INEC intends to promote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Idayat further said, \u201cSecuring our elections, of course, technology is good to add to the authenticity but we must also change the nature of politics itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The innovation was piloted during the Nasarawa central state constituency bye-election held in Nasarawa State last month. And it is expected to be used during the Saturday\u2019s Edo governorship elections as well as subsequent elections such as the October 10 Ondo governorship elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would have to commend INEC for the fantastic innovation; it would deepen the integrity of the election collation process because it grants public access to results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Itodo also said some of the results uploaded on the portal were not signed by the presiding officer. He said such could mar the integrity that INEC intends to promote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Idayat further said, \u201cSecuring our elections, of course, technology is good to add to the authenticity but we must also change the nature of politics itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INEC had also emphasised that the collation process of results shall remain a manual process as provided by law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would have to commend INEC for the fantastic innovation; it would deepen the integrity of the election collation process because it grants public access to results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Itodo also said some of the results uploaded on the portal were not signed by the presiding officer. He said such could mar the integrity that INEC intends to promote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Idayat further said, \u201cSecuring our elections, of course, technology is good to add to the authenticity but we must also change the nature of politics itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is perhaps because the commission wants to distance itself from the perception of conducting electronic collation of results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INEC had also emphasised that the collation process of results shall remain a manual process as provided by law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would have to commend INEC for the fantastic innovation; it would deepen the integrity of the election collation process because it grants public access to results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Itodo also said some of the results uploaded on the portal were not signed by the presiding officer. He said such could mar the integrity that INEC intends to promote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Idayat further said, \u201cSecuring our elections, of course, technology is good to add to the authenticity but we must also change the nature of politics itself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are going to use the Z-pad in Edo State for the purposes of uploading a polling unit results, that\u2019s the EC8A, into a central portal for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will not deploy that for any other purposes other than that,\u201d Mr Okoye said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we said it was not robust enough for a contentious election like the Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Despite this commendable innovation established by INEC in introducing the IVR, the scheme, however, lacks an in-depth live score platform that could be easily assessed by the average Nigerian at the tip of their fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n