…SAYS IT WILL ENHAINCE FREE, FAIR ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA
The US-Nigerian Tech Company, the owners of the Digital Voting System (DVS), a digital service provider said it has added more security features to its virtual voting system.
DVS Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Emmanuel Aba, who created the Digital Device, said it’s a virtual platform was created to offer digital voting options to clients, for countries and institutions for voting and data management.
Aba, was in Nigeria to study the Nigerian electoral system before returning to the US.
According to him, the need for the firm to improve on the system’s security, was as a result of the issues that characterised the United States’ last elections adding that it will enhance free and fair elections in Nigeria.
He disclosed also that DVS was also created to ensure safety of the voters.
“Do you know how many lives that are lost and properties that are destroyed during elections in Nigeria? do you know that people who call themselves political godfathers hold communities and towns hostage during election?
“Safety and voters’ interest will certainly return if this electronic voting system is given a chance. Godfatherism will definitely be a thing of the past and finally credible and able-bodied people would be voted for, votes would count, and election would be truly free and fair.” He explained.
According to Aba, the American lesson proved very useful, as it has helped the Firm improved on its security.
It would be recalled that the last American election that brought Joe Biden to power was fraught with rigging, despite being encrypted with reliable security options.
“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 was 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 plugins to the system. That is what we have been doing since I returned to the United State,” Aba said.
According to him, ‘DVS is now fool proof,” hence 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
“We need credible persons to manage this country and only a credible voting system could give us that,” Aba added.
Aba stressed that the system is now fully upgraded, safer and better.
“My desire is to see that President Buhari’s administration adopts this as we look forward to full electronic voting system being signed into law. This administration has done fairly in this regard though but Buhari needs to understand that this voting system is a legacy he cannot afford to ignore,” Aba said.
According to Aba, DVS is wired to work with the Bank Verification Number (BVN), a unique bank code that is owned by every banker in Nigeria.
He explained that the advantages that the BVN offers is very important.
“The BVN is one of the most authentic individual data source in Nigeria at the moment. Over 50m Nigerians are subscribed to bank which transcend to over 50m BVN subscribers in Nigeria already. This number is almost twice the registered voters who voted in last election.” He stated.
