The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, and Result Viewing portal for accreditation and transmission of election results has come to stay in Nigeria.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said this at the opening of training for 82 master trainers on election technology for 2023 general election in Abuja on Tuesday.

He said that INEC needed to build the capacity of its staff not only to competently handle the devices during the accreditation process but to also respond effectively to any glitches that may occur during election.

He added that from the experiences in the recent off-cycle election, INEC was convinced that a critical factor in the deployment of technology in election was training.

He urged the 82 INEC staff involved in the training to pay special attention adding that the commission would not accept laxity on their part.