A leading civil society organisation, Connected Development (CODE), has said it is leveraging an open-source technology known as Uzabe, to observe the 2023 elections in real-time.
The Founder/Chief Executive of CODE, Hamzat Lawal, stated this in Abuja during the launch of the organisation’s Situation Room, which is the headquarters of its election observation initiative.
According to him, CODE aims to provide real-time information for citizens and stakeholders and drive adherence to electoral guidelines across polling stations in the country.
“With Uzabe, citizens have access to real-time situation report and analysis on electoral processes across various polling units.
“And this is powered by 20,000 tenacious citizens who have volunteered to observe elections across the 36 States and FCT. This qualifies Uzabe as a citizen-led movement.
“Voters are the supreme power in a democracy. This means our duty goes beyond casting our ballot but also ensuring that we stick together united in our values as we pick leaders who imbibe and reflect these values.”
Lawal also said that the CODE’s observation of elections in 2011, 2015, and 2019, and the recently concluded 2022 Kenyan elections paint a picture of a steady rise in the power of technology and the people had been.
He continued, “This is why we are excited to see INEC’s deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) technology which is designed to improve transparency in the voting process.
