Buhari’s minister, Onu, calls for electronic voting
Dr. Ogbonaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari‘s regime to adopt electronic voting to make Nigeria’s electoral system more reliable.
Onu said, in a statement on Tuesday, Nigeria needed to reform its electoral system by adopting electronic voting to help eliminate errors caused by human factors in compiling results.
According to the statement, the minister is optimistic that if the country reformed its electoral system and adopted e-voting, election malpractices and fraud would be a thing of the past.
Mr. Onu stated, “Democracy is like a living organism that grows like humans, animals, and plants but for this to happen, we need electronic voting which shall reduce malpractices associated with human errors.”
He noted that with the level of innovative work done at the Electronic Development Institute (ELDI) in Anambra, Nigeria would no longer need to import electronic products.
The minister said his ministry had teamed up with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to build voting machines.
(NAN)
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