Yakubu said the development of a security application was necessary following the spate of arson and vandalization targeting the commission’s facilities in recent times.
The INEC boss said the application would be integrated into the Election Monitoring and Support Center (EMSC) to avert or mitigate potential risks or threats to the election.
He said; “Something new and innovative that we are deploying for the Anambra poll is the security app in view of the recent attacks on our facilities across the country.
“These tools have been of tremendous benefits or otherwise how do you track the deployment of thousands of activities during elections. They are not new as we started deploying these tools since 2010 and we have used them for three general elections now.
“As a testimony to its robustness as an election management tool, many countries in the West African Region and beyond have shown interest in studying and adopting the EMSC system for their use.”
Speaking on the electoral act amendment bill recently passed by the National Assembly, Yakubu said the commission cannot effectively comment on its provisions until the lawmakers conclude the legislative process on the bill.
He, however, said the current electoral law was adequate enough for the commission to continue with the deployment of certain technologies.
ECES project coordinator, Hamza Fassi-Fihri, represented by Dr. Isiaka Yahaya, a Senior Electoral Administration Expert, observed that the EMSC has come to stay as an “indispensable and integral part of Nigeria’s electoral system.
He added that the platform is also a process to be exported by Election Management Bodies (EMBs) in the African region and beyond.
The Guardian
