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By: Ben Agande, Abuja
The Federal Executive Council has approved the procurement
of seventeen thousand Smart Card Readers for the Independent National Electoral
Commission to be used for the verification of voters card by prospective voters
during election.
Minister of Information, Labaran Maku who addressed state
House Correspondents after the meeting Wednesday said the contract for the
smart Card reader was the first batch of contracts to be awarded by INEC.
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The contract which is in the Sum of N459 Million is to be delivered
within six months.
Maku said:
“In its desire to
ensure free, fair and credible elections, the INEC is to procure, customise and
configure 17,000 smart card readers that will be deployed during elections for
voters authentication.
“The SCR will be used to verify the rightful owner of the
voters card presented for identification during elections.
“In order to show the commitment of this our administration
to free, fair, and credible elections in the country, Council approved the
procurement of 17,000 smart card readers in favour of Zinox Technologies Ltd at
the rate of N27,000 in the sum of N459 million with a completion period of six
months
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