2023 election: Nigerians speak on BVAS
28 February 2023 |
5:16 am
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has deployed the new Bi-Modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the 2023 presidential election. GuardianTV spoke with Nigerians about the effectiveness of the BVAS.
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