{"id":113014,"date":"2019-02-23T13:21:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T12:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/?p=113014"},"modified":"2019-02-23T13:21:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T12:21:37","slug":"nigeriadecides-card-reader-malfunction-frustrates-abuja-electorates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/nigeriadecides-card-reader-malfunction-frustrates-abuja-electorates\/","title":{"rendered":"#NigeriaDecides: Card Reader Malfunction Frustrates Abuja Electorates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Electorates in polling unit 005, Karshi, FCT, have expressed frustration over the failure of the card reader which had slowed the voting process at the unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of the six polling units in the FCT polling station, Karshi, only 005 unit card reader failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ejimma Ebuta, a voter, said that she came out very early in the morning to cast her vote but could not do so due to the failure of the machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPlease, help us tell INEC to do something as quickly as possible so that we can vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is frustrating to have your PVC and yet you cannot exercise your civic duty,\u201d Ebuta said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another voter, Yakubu Is, described the situation as worrisome and disappointing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is<g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">a urged<\/g> INEC to remedy the situation in order to avoid disenfranchising some people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Augustine Ezeukwu on his part called on the electoral body to rectify the problem before it was too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voting, however, began at 8:46 a.m. at the polling station in a staggered manner as a result of the failure of the card reader in one of the units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Polling station officer who chose not to disclose his name said that they were on top of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He promised the 005 unit voters that they would vote as soon as the issue was resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/why-the-constitution-shields-the-judicial-officers-1-by-eric-teniola\/\">READ ALSO: WHY THE CONSTITUTION SHIELDS THE JUDICIAL OFFICERS (1) BY ERIC TENIOLA<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electorates in polling unit 005, Karshi, FCT, have expressed frustration over the failure of the card reader which had slowed the voting process at the unit. Out of the six&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":57589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8935,2714,308,16427,585],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Nigeria-card-reader-INEC.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51157,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/card-reader-to-be-mandatory-for-2019-polls-inec\/","url_meta":{"origin":113014,"position":0},"title":"Card Reader To Be Mandatory For 2019 Polls &#8211; INEC","author":"Damilare Salami","date":"June 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Card Reader will be mandatory in the conduct of the 2019 election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said yesterday. 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