The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has taken delivery of the final batch of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) billed to be deployed for use during the 2023 general election.

Leading the INEC team, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman, inspected the consignment at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the presence of relevant government agencies.

In a press statement signed by Festus Okoye, the commission’s chairman of information and voter education committee, and released on Wednesday, INEC said with this last batch, it now had a pool of actual machines and extra ones that would be sufficient for the elections.

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The statement reads: “In furtherance of the preparations for the 2023 general elections, the commission, yesterday 3rd January, 2023, received the last consignment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines with 52 days to the election.

“The commission’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, National Commissioners and senior officials were at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to receive the BVAS. Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCA), the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCA) and airport security officials were at the airport to receive the INEC team.

“To facilitate the smooth delivery of the machines, the commission created four airport hubs in Abuja, Kano, Lagos and Port Harcourt. Over the last four months, several flights delivered the BVAS to the designated airports for movement to states of the federation ahead of the elections. With the arrival of the last flight in abuja yesterday, the commission has now taken delivery o the required number of the BVAS for all the polling units in the country and extra machines in line with our contingency provisions for all critical election materials.

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“The commission appreciates the support of all Nigerians in its determination to conduct free, fair, transparently, credible and inclusive 2023 general election facilitated by the deployment of technology.”