The electoral commission chairman says improving the collation process is crucial to strengthening confidence in Nigeria’s elections.
By Wapcodehub9ja LIVE News Desk
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, has identified the collation of election results as a major area requiring improvement in Nigeria’s electoral process.
Amupitan said lessons from previous elections had shown that some of the key challenges occur after voting has taken place at polling units.
“What gap have I noticed from previous elections? One area I have identified as a major gap is the issue of collation of election results. The problem is actually not with voting at polling units,” the INEC chairman said.
His comments place greater attention on the stages through which results move from polling units to subsequent levels of collation and declaration.
The issue of result management has been a recurring focus for INEC as the commission prepares for the 2027 general elections. In an earlier assessment of the FCT Area Council election, Amupitan said the commission had identified result collation as a major threat to the electoral process and introduced additional safeguards to the BVAS and IReV processes.
Under the safeguards described by INEC, presiding officers are required to upload images of completed Form EC8A results to the IReV portal and enter party scores directly into the BVAS device. The system is designed to check for inconsistencies, including votes exceeding the number of accredited voters and other mathematical discrepancies.
Amupitan’s latest remarks underline the commission’s focus on strengthening the stages of the electoral process that follow voting, as preparations continue for the 2027 general elections.
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