Ezeigbo, Marryann E and Constance Egbue
Department of Mass Communication, Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State.
Corresponding Author’s email:maryanezeigbo@gmail.com
Abstract
This work, The Role of BVAS in 2023 General Elections in Nigeria and its Implications on National Development, tries to illuminate the intention behind the introduction of the BVAS machine by INEC in 2021, its merits and demerits, as well as, finding the link between the BVAS, 2023 general elections in Nigeria and national development. This work concluded that although INEC had procured 200,000 units of the BVAS machine at the total cost of N105.25 billion and deployed them in 8,809 wards and 119,973 polling units across the country during the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, yet, not much significant differences were witnessed, as a lot of post-election cases still liter at different courts today, with the courts sacking and replacing many politicians declared by INEC after the election. Finally, it advices that the BVAS machine should be subjected to further scrutiny by the manufacturers, INEC should be made to become completely independent and to make sure that the people’s votes count at all times.