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March 1, 2019
Ahead of the March 9 Governorship and State Houses ofAssembly
Elections, voters in Bauchi have urged INEC to ensure thatits smart
card readers function effectively.
They made the call in interviews with Newsmen against thebackdrop of
several incidents when the card readers malfunctioned inpolling stations
across the country.
A voter, Malam Aliyu Manga, decried the failure of thegadget in the
just concluded presidential and national assembly polls whenit was his
turn to get accredited at a polling unit.
He also witnessed similar situations in Misau at a pollingstation.
He urged INEC to tackle the challenges of card readersbefore the next
elections to ensure a free and fair election.
A politician, Yusuf Garba, said cases of malfunctioning ofcard readers
were worrisome during the last elections, stressing thatsuch a device
needed to guarantee the credibility of the exercise.
He said that manual verification of voters could pave theway for
electoral fraud, leading to compromise of results.