Ahead of the 2027 basic election, a civil society organisation, Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload ward-level election results on its Result Viewing Portal (IReV) to enhance transparency and strengthen public confidence within the electoral course of.
The Executive Director of KDI, Bukola Idowu, stated the measure would allow residents to reconcile results introduced at polling items with these ultimately declared by INEC.
Idowu spoke in Abuja through the public presentation of the organisation’s findings from its statement of the 2026 governorship elections in Osun and Ekiti states.
He stated the organisation noticed the electoral course of from January to August 2026, focusing on election safety, marketing campaign finance and results administration.
He stated though results have been introduced at polling items and uploaded to IReV, discrepancies have been usually noticed between the figures uploaded on the polling items and people ultimately declared by INEC.
“INEC has consistently said there are reconciliations at the ward level and places where results are cancelled at the ward level. We are calling on them to upload ward-level results on IReV so citizens can have confidence in the election,” he stated.
Idowu stated INEC ought to be certain that results have been introduced at polling items and that subsequent ward-level reconciliations have been transparently documented and made accessible to the general public.
The organisation additionally recognized inconsistencies involving registered voter figures, situations of alleged over-voting, lacking ballots in some polling items and arithmetic discrepancies within the tabulation of results.
The KDI govt director stated the findings have been supposed to information INEC, safety businesses, political events and civil society organisations in addressing weaknesses forward of the 2027 elections.
On election safety, Idowu stated the organisation recorded 15 instances of election violence in Ekiti State, including that no post-election violence was recorded.
He stated the safety scenario in Osun was extra regarding, with reported deaths earlier than the election, though no demise was recorded on election day. Cases of election-related and post-election violence have been additionally reported.
On marketing campaign finance, Idowu referred to as for larger transparency within the spending by political events throughout elections.
He urged political events and related establishments, together with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to be certain that election-related expenditure was correctly documented and made clear.
According to him, transparency in marketing campaign spending would assist promote a stage enjoying area for political events and candidates.
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