If not, the old rigging styles known to the party can not work in this age of biometric registration of voters and
the use of the card reader.
An Abuja Federal High Court on Monday threw out an application objecting to
the use of card reader in the coming elections by INEC.
«There is an amendment to the Electoral Act that President Jonathan signed a few days before he left office which legitimize
the use of the card reader and other electronic systems for voting.
In this interview, he bares his mind on
the use of the card reader for the 2015 general elections.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, recently made remarks over disturbing conflicting tribunals and Appeal Court judgments on
the use of the card reader.
The card reader is meant to empower voters, and any decision against
the use of the card reader is an act that dis - empowers voters.
Indeed, I am not only worried but I'm also very concerned over the setback to our electoral system, and speaking generally in the best tradition of our legal profession, not being specific on matters before any court, the implication of some of the tribunals outcome intended to shoot down
the use of the card reader as some of my fellow lawyers involved in petition matters are determined to achieve is worrisome.
By urging tribunals to strike down
the use of the card reader, the implication is a return to our prior election system, going back to the 2003 and 2007 era where Mike Tyson, dead people and ghost names on the voter register produced huge votes recorded on election day to declare people winners of election.
The card reader is to complement and confirm the integrity of the voter register and that is why the unusual moonlight figures of the past years are disappearing and, if those against
the use of the card reader succeed through the court, that would be a major setback and total reversal of the reformative mileage we have covered as a country on election matters, a significant progress that has resulted in other African countries calling on Nigeria's INEC for assistance.
You were a major promoter and advocate of
the use of the card reader in our elections.
But the 2015 elections have shown that we can do it if all critical stakeholders agree to work together to consolidate a number of electoral tools that we have developed such as
the use of the card reader in the designed election management system with the key seven principal business areas.
All these would seem to suggest that the court would now be used to strike down
the use of the card reader.
Are you worried about the conflicting positions of the tribunals on
the use of the card reader and what it portends for the future?
The PDP agent at the results collation queries the cancellation of the results in some units in Ergon Local Government on the basis of non
use of card reader.
On record, there is videographic evidence of its use and the statutory alternatives to the use are well defined in any election involving
the use of the card readers.
Not exact matches
As our sellers transition to
using Square
Readers for EMV chip
cards and NFC, we expect to distribute relatively fewer Square
Readers for magnetic stripe
cards, thus reducing that component
of our sales and marketing costs.
Nearly five years after payments company Square launched in Canada, it is introducing support for Interac debit
cards for businesses
using its point -
of - sale system and has developed a contactless chip
reader to facilitate those transactions.
Instead
of a
card reader, merchants
use an online gateway to collect the payment from their customer.
Unfortunately, many
cards are incompatible with the latest generation
of credit
card readers in
use around the world that require an EMV smart chip.
«Finally, the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mamoud is hereby commended for achieving a significant improvement in the overall conduct
of the election especially as it affects the effective
use of the
Card -
Reader machine,» the report reads.»
Given the potentials the
card reader has for disinfecting the process with the scrutiny
of authentication
of the voter register, all those who stand for genuine electoral reform have no choice but to improve the enabling policy ambiance for supporting the
card reader by ensuring judicial clarity which supports its
use.
Incidentally, some who resisted the
card reader only expressed concerns that it should not be
used deliberately against their political interest, which,
of course, is not meant to do.
Ademusire stated that the Commission would adopt simultaneous accreditation and voting system for the election with the
use of newly developed
card reader machines.
The Supreme Court is now the only hope for the future
use and sustenance
of the
card reader to sanitize, promote free, fair and credible elections in this country.
More disturbing, are the conflicting judgments
of the various Divisions
of the Appeal Court on the
use and status
of the
card reader.
«We shall be
using Electronic Voting machines and smart
Card readers in the conduct
of these elections.
«It is the fact that the court below, though differently constituted confirmed on appeal elections in respect
of House
of Assembly seats in Osisioma LGA and Isiala North LGA which took place simultaneously with the Abia Governorship same day, time, in the same polling units and where voters were accredited
using the same voters; registers and
card readers.»
He said, «It is important to stress at this juncture that only the PVCs would be
used to vote during the governorship poll, while the smart
card readers would be
used for accreditation
of voters.»
«It is on record that the State Independent Electoral Commission has deliberately refused to make
use of the INEC
card reader machine for authentication
of voters during the election, display the voters register at polling units for voters to confirm their names and eligibility to vote.
Olumekun said that as was the case in the 2015 General Election, the commission would retain the
use of permanent voter
card and smart
card reader for conduct
of the election.
Another issue to be discussed, he stated, is the possibility
of the NCC facilitating the provision and registration
of exclusive SIM
cards with special numbers for
use in the Smart
Card Readers.
The INEC commissioner said high number
of counseled votes and the inability to
use the
card readers remained one
of the major changes in the election.
With credit
cards, RF chips have offered a more stable form
of memory, but these can be read by a passer - by
using an RF
reader.
The ERAD Prepaid
Card Reader is a small, handheld device that
uses wireless connectivity to allow law enforcement officers in the field to check the balance
of cards.
«The Prepaid
Card Reader has generated a lot
of interest from our state and local law enforcement agency partners, and there is a growing demand by these agencies for
use of this technology by their personnel,» said Deso.
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While the navigation system with
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One
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reader introduced on the iPhone 5S, which makes security better and is needed to
use the new Apple Pay service for buying things without
using a credit
card or typing in a credit
card number.