Digital Voting System (DVS), a digital service provider owned by a U.S.-based Nigerian, has announced addition of more security options to its virtual voting system.

DVS, the brainchild of Emmanuel Aba, is a virtual platform created to offer digital voting options to clients, including countries and institutions for voting and data management.

Aba, who returned to the United States recently after spending some time to study the Nigerian electoral system, said the improvement in the system’s security was sequel to the events that characterised the last elections in the American nation.

Recall that the polls that ushered in President Joe Biden were alleged to be fraught with rigging, despite being encrypted with reliable security options.

According to the DVS Founder/Chief Executive Officer, the American lesson proved very useful, as it helped the firm improved on its security.

Aba said: “DVS was designed to solve a lot of problems, especially as they relate to voting and other electoral processes. The accusations of rigging, which in a way meant some level of failure of the American system, were a key lesson for us. As we seek to export DVS to countries like Nigeria that are desirous of credible elections, we thought it expedient to create additional security plug-ins to the system. That is what we have been doing since I returned to the United States.

“DVS is now fool-proof, hence it is unable to be cracked. This is exactly what Nigeria needs at this time that insecurity is rife across the country. The country is in dire need of credible elections that could be trusted by the people. This is the only way we can correct the governance failure of the past.”

He went on: “We need credible persons to manage this country and only a credible voting system could give us that.”

Aba said the system “is now fully upgraded, safer and better now, adding: “My desire is to see the (Muhammadu) Buhari administration adopt this as we look forward to full electronic voting system being signed into law. This administration has done fairly in this regard though, but President Buhari needs to understand that this voting system is a legacy he cannot afford to ignore.”

“DVS is conditioned to work with the Bank Verification Number (BVN), a unique bank code that is owned by every banker in Nigeria, he clarified.

On the advantages that the BVN offers, the DVS boss noted: “The BVN is one of the most authentic individual data sources in Nigeria at the moment. Over 50 million Nigerians are subscribed to banks, which transcend to over 50 milion BVN subscribers in Nigeria already. This number is almost twice the registered voters who voted in last election.”