Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has once again assured Nigerians that the implementation of the Biometric Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and electronic transmission of the election results in the 2023 elections were feasible owing to the high level of telecoms infrastructure available in the country.
According to ATCON, the umbrella organization for all telecoms businesses in Nigeria, the nation’s telecommunications infrastructure has improved to the point that it can broadcast election results in 2023.
The assurances were given recently by Ajibola Olude, the Chief Operating Officer of ATCON, during a recent interview with The PUNCH against the backdrop of criticism of the BVAS and e-transmission of results by the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Olude said: “We are ready for electronic transmission of results. Our network has matured to the level that it can be used for result transmission. As regards the access gap, you can see that the NCC has been pursuing rural telephony vigorously.
“And I want to believe one of the reasons the NCC is saying everywhere must be covered is because of the elections.
“We have the technology, and our network is mature enough to be used for poll results transmission. Areas that do not have the Internet can use SMS technology to send results in real-time to probably the capital of the state to update the result. I don’t think there will be a problem using a telecommunication network to transmit election results.”
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