"There Will Be No Electronic Voting In 2019"- Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman Discloses

Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), has disclosed that there will be no use of the electronic voting technology in the 2019 general elections.

The INEC Boss revealed this when he spoke at the International Press Institute world conference which took place in Abuja, Monday.

“There is no electronic balloting in 2019. In other words, there will be no electronic voting in the next general election but technology is already being used in many aspects of the processes. Electronic voting should be the ultimate step in the chain involving five inter-related processes,” he said

As the 2019 general election, some Nigerians have been calling for the use of electronic voting in the election. They argue that electronic voting will prevent rigging and electoral malpractices during the election.

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