THE IMPACT OF ICT IN THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA
Subscribe to access this work and thousands more
There is no
gainsaying that technology has drastically reduced incidences of electoral
malpractices such as: ballot stuffing, result sheet mutilation, manipulations,
over voting, alteration of result sheets and hijacking of ballot boxes in the
history of Nigeria elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) has employed a number of innovative approaches to improve the management and conduct of elections in the country. As
years pass by, INEC gets more sophisticated with its technologies in order to
meet up with international standard. Therefore, this paper examines the impact
of these technologies and the effect they have on election activities in
Nigeria from 1999 general election to 2017. Results show that the introduction
of these technologies: Electronic Voters Register(EVR), Automatic Fingerprints
Identification System (AFIS) and Smart Card Reader (SCR) have reduced the
incidence of multiple registration and multiple voting to the barest minimum
while the development of e-collation support platform has drastically reduced
incidence of result manipulation at collation centres. Hence, it is believed
that the incorporation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in
Nigeria electoral process has reduced excessive electoral fraud to the barest
minimum and foster credible elections.
0
Emmanuel, C (2019). THE IMPACT OF ICT IN THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA. Afribary.com: Retrieved January 22, 2020, from https://afribary.com/works/the-impact-of-ict-in-the-conduct-of-elections-in-nigeria
Christopher, Emmanuel. "THE IMPACT OF ICT IN THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA" Afribary.com. Afribary.com, 16 Nov. 2019, https://afribary.com/works/the-impact-of-ict-in-the-conduct-of-elections-in-nigeria . Accessed 22 Jan. 2020.
Christopher, Emmanuel. "THE IMPACT OF ICT IN THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA". Afribary.com, Afribary.com, 16 Nov. 2019. Web. 22 Jan. 2020. < https://afribary.com/works/the-impact-of-ict-in-the-conduct-of-elections-in-nigeria >.
Christopher, Emmanuel. "THE IMPACT OF ICT IN THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA" Afribary.com (2019). Accessed January 22, 2020. https://afribary.com/works/the-impact-of-ict-in-the-conduct-of-elections-in-nigeria