The Rector, Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Dr. Woye Olaniran, has announced the invention of a data capturing machine for voters’ registration by the students of the institution.
This was disclosed by the Rector, Dr Wole Olaniran, who announced this during a press briefing of the combined 7th convocation ceremony of the polytechnic held in Osogbo on Tuesday, 25th May 2022. He futher said that the data capturing machine was part of many inventions by students and lecturers of the institution that would be exhibited as part of the activities for the convocation ceremony.
“Our students developed a machine that can register voters. They attempted to register me when being tested, and the machine confirmed that I had registered earlier”
According to him, the data capturing machine could detect multiple registration. When tested using his data, it revealed that he had previously registered.
Dr Olaniran further said that the management would make a free passage of the invention and present it to the Independent National Electoral Commission for possible collaboration (INEC).
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