Low voter turnout and delays with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System at various polling units in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, disrupted the conduct of the FCT Area Council elections.
At Polling Unit 044, LEA Primary School, Kubwa II, only about 50 voters had been accredited and had cast their votes out of over 700 registered voters.
Confirming the figures, the Presiding Officer, Abdulmalik Hussaini, described the turnout as “very, very low,” adding that although voting commenced at exactly 8:30 am, not more than the said 50 voters had shown up.
“We were here since 8:30 am. The turnout is very, very low. As of now, we have only 50 accredited voters on our BVAS. But regardless, when it is 2:30 pm, we will close voting as instructed,” he said.
Similarly, at Polling Unit 048, the Presiding Officer, Ahmed Tijjani Baba, lamented the low turnout, pointing out that only 50 people had been accredited to vote out of over 750 registered voters.
At Polling Unit 046, where 770 voters were registered, the Presiding Officer, Abdullahi Yusuf, told our correspondent that there were challenges with the BVAS, which delayed the accreditation of voters.
According to him, while in some cases the system captured voters’ fingerprints or pictures, it failed to accredit them.
Our correspondent observed one instance where the BVAS delayed for about two minutes before finally accrediting a voter, after previously failing to accredit four voters who had attempted to verify their pictures and fingerprints.
Yusuf said he had attempted to reach the Registration Area Centre (RAC) Technician, but the phone number was unreachable.
“We have been trying to reach the RAC tech to help us address the BVAS, but he has not been reachable. So, that is the challenge we are having,” he said.
He also noted that electoral officers were not provided with chairs and canopies, forcing them to take chairs and tables from classrooms within the school premises and exposing them to harassment by security
Low voter turnout and delays with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System at various polling units in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, disrupted the conduct of the FCT Area Council elections.
At Polling Unit 044, LEA Primary School, Kubwa II, only about 50 voters had been accredited and had cast their votes out of over 700 registered voters.
Confirming the figures, the Presiding Officer, Abdulmalik Hussaini, described the turnout as “very, very low,” adding that although voting commenced at exactly 8:30 am, not more than the said 50 voters had shown up.
“We were here since 8:30 am. The turnout is very, very low. As of now, we have only 50 accredited voters on our BVAS. But regardless, when it is 2:30 pm, we will close voting as instructed,” he said.
Similarly, at Polling Unit 048, the Presiding Officer, Ahmed Tijjani Baba, lamented the low turnout, pointing out that only 50 people had been accredited to vote out of over 750 registered voters.
At Polling Unit 046, where 770 voters were registered, the Presiding Officer, Abdullahi Yusuf, told our correspondent that there were challenges with the BVAS, which delayed the accreditation of voters.
According to him, while in some cases the system captured voters’ fingerprints or pictures, it failed to accredit them.
Our correspondent observed one instance where the BVAS delayed for about two minutes before finally accrediting a voter, after previously failing to accredit four voters who had attempted to verify their pictures and fingerprints.
Yusuf said he had attempted to reach the Registration Area Centre (RAC) Technician, but the phone number was unreachable.
“We have been trying to reach the RAC tech to help us address the BVAS, but he has not been reachable. So, that is the challenge we are having,” he said.
He also noted that electoral officers were not provided with chairs and canopies, forcing them to take chairs and tables from classrooms within the school premises and exposing them to harassment by security
Low voter turnout and delays with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System at various polling units in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, disrupted the conduct of the FCT Area Council elections.
At Polling Unit 044, LEA Primary School, Kubwa II, only about 50 voters had been accredited and had cast their votes out of over 700 registered voters.
Confirming the figures, the Presiding Officer, Abdulmalik Hussaini, described the turnout as “very, very low,” adding that although voting commenced at exactly 8:30 am, not more than the said 50 voters had shown up.
“We were here since 8:30 am. The turnout is very, very low. As of now, we have only 50 accredited voters on our BVAS. But regardless, when it is 2:30 pm, we will close voting as instructed,” he said.
Similarly, at Polling Unit 048, the Presiding Officer, Ahmed Tijjani Baba, lamented the low turnout, pointing out that only 50 people had been accredited to vote out of over 750 registered voters.
At Polling Unit 046, where 770 voters were registered, the Presiding Officer, Abdullahi Yusuf, told our correspondent that there were challenges with the BVAS, which delayed the accreditation of voters.
According to him, while in some cases the system captured voters’ fingerprints or pictures, it failed to accredit them.
Our correspondent observed one instance where the BVAS delayed for about two minutes before finally accrediting a voter, after previously failing to accredit four voters who had attempted to verify their pictures and fingerprints.
Yusuf said he had attempted to reach the Registration Area Centre (RAC) Technician, but the phone number was unreachable.
“We have been trying to reach the RAC tech to help us address the BVAS, but he has not been reachable. So, that is the challenge we are having,” he said.
He also noted that electoral officers were not provided with chairs and canopies, forcing them to take chairs and tables from classrooms within the school premises and exposing them to harassment by security
Low voter turnout and delays with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System at various polling units in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, disrupted the conduct of the FCT Area Council elections.
At Polling Unit 044, LEA Primary School, Kubwa II, only about 50 voters had been accredited and had cast their votes out of over 700 registered voters.
Confirming the figures, the Presiding Officer, Abdulmalik Hussaini, described the turnout as “very, very low,” adding that although voting commenced at exactly 8:30 am, not more than the said 50 voters had shown up.
“We were here since 8:30 am. The turnout is very, very low. As of now, we have only 50 accredited voters on our BVAS. But regardless, when it is 2:30 pm, we will close voting as instructed,” he said.
Similarly, at Polling Unit 048, the Presiding Officer, Ahmed Tijjani Baba, lamented the low turnout, pointing out that only 50 people had been accredited to vote out of over 750 registered voters.
At Polling Unit 046, where 770 voters were registered, the Presiding Officer, Abdullahi Yusuf, told our correspondent that there were challenges with the BVAS, which delayed the accreditation of voters.
According to him, while in some cases the system captured voters’ fingerprints or pictures, it failed to accredit them.
Our correspondent observed one instance where the BVAS delayed for about two minutes before finally accrediting a voter, after previously failing to accredit four voters who had attempted to verify their pictures and fingerprints.
Yusuf said he had attempted to reach the Registration Area Centre (RAC) Technician, but the phone number was unreachable.
“We have been trying to reach the RAC tech to help us address the BVAS, but he has not been reachable. So, that is the challenge we are having,” he said.
He also noted that electoral officers were not provided with chairs and canopies, forcing them to take chairs and tables from classrooms within the school premises and exposing them to harassment by security
