Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) Prof Attahiru Jega has confirmed that the confirm will deploy electronic card readers in 2015 elections.
Jega said that the use was geared towards ensuring a rigging-proof elections.
He assured the nation on plans to conduct credible elections next year.
He, however, urged all stakeholders, especially the politicians, to play the game according to the
Jega, who spoke in Lagos on the measures to ensure credible elections next year, however, did not agree with the critics of the deployment of the military during elections who posit it was disenfranchising Nigerians from voting.
The event was the presentation of the Nigerian Media Code of Election Coverage.
He assured that all registered electorate would have been issued with the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) by January 30.
According to him, anybody without the PVC will not be allowed to vote, assuring that the card reader could not be manipulated.
Jega said the card reader has capacity to detect cloned PVC’s and cannot be manipulated to compromise the integrity of the election, except through connivance by the commission’s technical workers and the manufacturer of the facility.
