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NITDA Mulls Electronic Gadgets for Credible Polls

By Fabian Tarpael, Abuja
16 October 2015   |   12:14 am
NATIONAL Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said that it will deploy technologies for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure credible polls in the future.

new-election_81967373_81967372NATIONAL Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said that it will deploy technologies for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure credible polls in the future.

Mr Peter Jack, director- general of NITDA, said that the aim of the project was to leverage on other country’s experience.

Jack who spoke at a press conference in Abuja, said the process of deployment of these technologies would precede the eNigeria Conference scheduled for November this year.

Represented by Dr Vincent Olatunji, director in the agency, he noted that eNigeria project would reengineer the national electoral process through the adoption of high-tech electronic voting system.

On the eNigeria project, he said, “the 2015 edition is targeted towards improving our electoral process through ICT development.

“The aim is to use this platform to leverage on the experiences of other nations that have effectively deployed ICT to enhance credible and successful electoral processes in their countries and develop appropriate mechanism that would enhance our own electoral process in Nigeria.”

He also pointed out that the eNigeria project would give room for indigenous ICT innovative application and services for development and management of electoral process.

Explaining further, Jack said “the eNigeria annual conference focuses on trends and development in the global ICT industry and how we can leverage on them for sustainable national development in Nigeria

“It is also a platform for agenda setting for planning policy initiatives and decisions targeted towards the development of the Nigerian ICT sector.”

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