The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will be supplied with 17,000 customised and configured smart card readers by Zinox Technologies, to authenticate voters registration cards during elections. This week, the Federal Government approved the sum of N459 million, for the cards, with each going for N27,000.
According to the Minister for Information, Laraban Maku, “The proposal is clearly to ensure that all those who have fake identity cards are identified in all future elections. So, when you bring your voter card and there are doubts, it will pass through a process to verify the authenticity of the cards. Since the voter cards now have biometrics, it will be easy for the smart card readers to verify the identity of those who come out to vote during elections.”
“This is to completely stop incidence of double voting which often occur during elections. It is also to ensure that those who vote are citizens that have been duly registered to vote in the specific constituency where the election might be holding.
