The Independent National Electoral Commission has noted that there are indeed challenges with the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV) as it has been relatively slow and unsteady.
The Commission has expressed their regrets concerning the setback, because of the importance of IReV in the results management process.
Festus Okoye,
National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee on
Sunday 26th February 2023 said that the problem is totally due to technical hitches related to scaling up the IReV from a platform for managing off-season, State elections, to one for managing nationwide general elections.
Consequently, the Commission assured Nigerians that the challenges are not due to any intrusion or sabotage of the systems, and that the IReV remains well-secured.
He said that their technical team is working assiduously to solve all the outstanding problems, and users of the IReV would have noticed improvements too.
The Commission also assured Nigerians that results from the Polling Units, copies of which were issued to political parties, are safe on both the BVAS and the IReV portal and the results cannot be tampered with and any discrepancy between them and the physical results used in collation will be thoroughly investigated and remediated, in line with Section 65 of the Electoral Act 2022.
Appreciating the concerns of the public on this situation and welcoming various suggestions that they have received from concerned Nigerians, he said it is important to avoid statements and actions that can heat up the polity at this time or promote disaffection towards the Commission.
The Commission took full responsibility for the problems ,while regretting the distress that they have caused the candidates, political parties and the electorate.
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