7th March, 2014
A Nigerian group has developed a platform, NigeriaDecide, to monitor the coming elections and ensure the integrity of the results, starting with the Ekiti election in June and the Osun election in August this year.
According to a press statement, NigeriaDecide is a platform intended to collate the results exactly as
announced in each polling unit across the nation and transfer them to a safe and secure server where everyone can view the results online.
“This is to ensure anyone and everyone can have a picture of the results that are expected to be announced by the electoral monitoring body. This will help to have an idea of where the discrepancies occurred and the appropriate quarters can be challenged concerning the published results.
The statement sent by Tobiloba Oyediran, stressed that the success of the NigeriaDecide platform will depend on the participation of Nigerians in the electoral process.
“This will require the submission of the results announced in each polling unit by SMS to the NigeriaDecide platform for it to be collated and secured on the server. There are over 120,025 (one hundred and twenty
thousand and twenty-five) polling units in Nigeria, so there needs to be active involvement of concerned Nigerians for this undertaking to be accomplished and to cover all polling and the results from each
polling unit, so that the interests of all Nigerians are equally represented (at least 120,025 people are needed).
“To be part of this election monitoring platform, you must be registered to vote (you will need the polling unit number on your voter’s card to register on the NigeriaDecide platform). To register on the platform, SMS “polling unit number” e.g. 05/07/09/008 to 09037346541. You will immediately receive a
registration confirmation alert on your phone.
“Then on the election day, to send in election results announced at the polling unit, SMS “party acronym and score” space “party acronym and score” until the last party and score e.g. aa500 apc503 acd512 pdp503 and send to 09037346541.
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For more info, visit: www.nigeriadecide.org