INEC summons political parties, PDP writes commission

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INEC has however summoned leaders of all registered political parties to a meeting on Thursday. The meeting is aimed at briefing the political parties on its preparation for the elections.
Investigations   showed that among the issues to be discussed is the outcome of the card reader test.

INEC’s National Commissioner in Charge of Information, Voter Education Committee,   Chris Iyimoga, confirmed the   meeting.

He added that the 37 Resident Electoral Commissioners will meet on Wednesday(today).

Another meeting has also been slated by the commission with international observers in Abuja on March 19.

Meanwhile, the national leadership of the PDP has sent a letter to the commission detailing its observations on the mock card readers test.

It said it observed three major elements during the exercise which must be corrected before the elections.

The Deputy National Chairman of the party,   Uche Secondus, told journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, that INEC must work on the card readers to ensure that identified lapses were rectified .

He said, “We urge INEC to test the card readers. We believe that has been done but the result of it has not been made known to the public.

“There are various opinions and reports from various locations across the country. From our own perspective, the card reader as tested on Saturday by INEC has three major elements, this is based on our observations and reports reaching us from the field.”

Secondus described some of the card readers as having very high sensitive setting,   low sensitive setting and   medium sensitive setting.

He said, “The high sensitive setting makes it difficult for accreditation which takes up to 15 to 20 minutes while the medium and low sensitive makes it easy for accreditation which takes about five minutes to four minutes as the case may be.

“So, we concluded that the card readers have some major default and this can be corrected by INEC or those who provided the technology.


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