‘ICT Can Curb Electoral Fraud’

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Communication Technology (ICT) tools has been described as the only device that can proffer lasting solution to the issue of election rigging and malpractices.
The Director of Jide Ofor Communication Company Comrade, Mrs Rita Onuoha, said this in a chat with The Tide Wednesday in her office in Port Harcourt.
She said that the only regret was that Nigerians are yet to give ICT its original place in every sector of life, saying that until that was done much could not be achieved in all the country’s economic sector.
Onuoha, maintained that if those in power could allow ICT experts to manage elections in the country, the result would be overwhelming due to its accuracy in data recording.
The communication tools dealer also narrated how electronic voting will expose the opaque area in the general elections of the country.
She accused Nigerian leaders of preventing the ICT/electronic usage in the country’s electoral system in order to continue benefiting from the manual system.
According to her, the country, should begin now and import valuable ICT  materials especially cameras with powerful lenses that could capture objects from a very far distance.
She wondered why the office of Mr President could not have a central camera that can monitor the activities of the 774 local government areas in the country every electioneering period.
On the issue of using ICT gadgets for security, she said that it ICT tools are introduced to some strategic points in the country, that it will go a long way to improve the current security situation in the nation.
She cited the security check-points in the state, how it had helped security operators to curb crime in the state, while calling on the federal government to borrow a leaf from the Rivers State Government.