By Emmanuel Oloniruha
Ahead of 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is taking tough measures to protect Smart Card Readers and Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from unauthorized and malicious access.
INEC would therefore next week commence systematic hardware and software upgrade of all its Smart Card Readers nationwide.
INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mr. Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, said in statement on Sunday in Abuja the electoral body had received reports of attempts to clone its Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and sell them online.
“We wish to assure the public that the Commission had anticipated these and proactively taken measures to preserve and further secure our electoral materials.
“Several security features and secret source codes are contained in the Smart Card Readers which enable them to read only PVCs duly issued by the Commission.”
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