Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe of Abia on Monday commended the
introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS.
The former Senate Minority leader also said the cash crunch
caused by the cashless policy stopped widespread vote buying.
Abaribe spoke in Abuja at a seminar organised by the Media
Educational Development Initiative for Africa, themed “Peace Journalism and
Consolidation of Democracy in Nigeria.”
The former deputy governor expressed gratitude to God that
he survived the Peter Obi tsunami in the Southeast which retired some
politicians.
“I benefited from BVAS. The technology was right, the only
issue is that we have to eliminate human interference,” the lawmaker said.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, still
faces criticisms over the malfunctioning of the machines in some polling units.
Abaribe defeated Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, to win the February 25 Abia South senatorial election.
He polled 49,693 votes to defeat Chinedu Onyeizu of the
Labour Party, LP, who scored 43,903. Ikpeazu got 28,422 votes but rejected the
results.
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