The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) Mal. Kashifu Inuwa has said the implementation of electronic voting in Nigeria would entrench democratic ethos and spur development.
The NITDA DG, while delivering a paper at a hybrid symposium of the Nigeria eGovernment Summit 2022 themed: “Promoting eGovernment in Election Year for Improved Governance”, believes that the proper administration of elections contributes immensely to the growth of democracy and civic development.
“e-voting constitutes an essential aspect of ICT-enabled democratic governance. It generally aims at increasing participation of citizens in the electoral process and improving the outcomes of elections by addressing challenges associated with traditional voting practices,” said Mal. Inuwa, who was represented by Mr. Bernard Ewah, the acting Director, of e-Government Development and Regulation Department.
According to him, eVoting constitutes an essential aspect of ICT-enabled democratic governance, adding that it generally aims at increasing participation of citizens in the electoral process and improving the outcomes of elections by addressing challenges associated with traditional voting practices”.
The NITDA boss explained that the e-voting technologies support one or more of the major phases of the electoral processes from the registration stage in the pre-voting phase to voting, balloting and verification to counting or tallying after voting.