The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed its plans to deploy a Biometric Voter Form for the governorship election in Anambra State on Saturday.
INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, said any voter without a genuine Permanent Voter Card (PVC) will not be allowed to vote.
Prof Yakubu added that Anambra State will make history because the Commission will deploy the Biometric Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) device.
“This new device replaces the Smart Card Reader (SCR) used in previous elections since 2015. We are satisfied with the pilot deployment of the BVAS in the Isoko South I State Constituency Bye-election in Delta State on 11th September 2021.
“ The BVAS has the dual capacity for fingerprint and facial authentication of voters.
This is to guard against voting by identity theft where one person uses another person’s Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) to vote using the incident form. With this development, the use of the incident form is abolished. No voter without a genuine PVC will vote.
