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2023 Election: Presidency Reacts To Plan To Discard BVAS, Remove INEC Chairman

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The Presidency has denied plans to deactivate the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) from being used in the 2023 general elections.

The Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina, made the denial while delivering his goodwill message at the 2022 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on Tuesday in Abuja.

Adesina asserted that President Muhammadu Buhari will stand by the deployment of the BVAS machines and ensure that the 2023 general elections are credible, fair, and transparent.

The presidential spokesman also said there was no plan to remove the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu.

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Adesina, however, told the media to trumpet Buhari’s assurance of a free, fair, and credible election and ignore those who want to cause confusion in the 2023 general election

He said, “How many times has the President spoken about the role of technology in getting him into office? He has spoken about it locally and internationally that three times he contested and three times he ended up in the Supreme Court because the government of the day wrote the results and they never voted.

“He (Buhari) said until technology came and there was a permanent voter card, it was difficult to write results. So, how can the same person now have issues with BVAS?”

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Adesina was reacting to the recent alarm raised by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) that some political actors are planning to remove the INEC Chairman through the National Assembly and also deactivate BVAS from being used in the 2023 election and ultimately stop electronic transmission of results.

Buhari Govt Committed To End Impunity

Also speaking at the event, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), said that Buhari’s government was committed to ending impunity in the country.

Malami called on those involved in the electioneering process to appreciate the fact that political activities were to be observed by the provisions of the Electoral Law.

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He said, “It is important to note that recent developments in Nigeria have proved that the Federal Government has laudable initiatives to end impunity for crimes against Nigerian citizens.

“The Committee to Protect Journalists’ report says Nigeria was the only country to get off the index of nations with impunity for crimes against journalists in 2020.”