The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has taken delivery of the last batch of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) ahead of February and March 2023 general elections.
The mchines, according to the Commission will be deployed nationwide in all the polling units.
The commission has also set aside over 8000 machines as backup in line with its contingency provisions for all critical election materials.
The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye said INEC would deploy over 194,464 BVAS machines in 176, 846 polling units across the country.
He explained that 176,846 polling units would receive a BVAS each, adding that each registration area amounting to 8,809, would also get at least two BVAS as backup in case of malfunction, bringing the total to over 194,464 BVAS machines.
Okoye said “We have 176, 846 polling units in Nigeria. All of them will have a BVAS. Some polling units may still have more than 750 registered voters. We shall deploy additional BVAS to such polling units.
“We have 8,809 registration areas in Nigeria. Each one will have at least two BVAS for purposes of quick intervention in cases of sustained malfunction of BVAS in any of the polling units in each electoral ward.’’
Earlier in a statement, Okoye disclosed that the electoral agency received the last batch of the BVAS machines on Tuesday.