A don, Prof. Chubah Ezeh, has said that the Nigerian electorate is not yet ripe for electronic voting.
Ezeh, a Professor of Political-Economics with Chukwuemeka Odomegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), Igbariam, Anambra, said this while speaking with newsmen in Enugu on Monday.
The professor was reacting to the call for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to implement electronic voting system in the country.
He said that if INEC wanted to go digital and be 100 per cent technology-driven, it must provide adequate infrastructure.
“The issue of basic infrastructure like power supply must be addressed and it must not rely on generating sets.
“Without proper enlightenment, the average Nigerian is a novice to use electronic device beyond his personal phones,’’ he said.
Furthermore, Ezeh said that INEC must upgrade its staff to be fully computer compliant before the introduction of such a system.
According to him, electronic voting is not bad in itself; it shows a forward progress.
“But how can one be sure of the result being intact and not subjected to some technological manipulations and cyber interference from external actors and countries just as the case between U.S. and Russia at present,’’ he said
