Osun State Poly Students invents Data Capturing Machine for Voters Registration.

Some students from the Osun State Polytechnic Iree, has invented a data capturing machine for voters registration. The Rector, Dr. Woye Olaniran, disclosed this during the combined 7th convocation ceremony of the polytechnic held in Osogbo on Tuesday, 24 May 2022.

According to Dr. Olaniran, the data capturing machine could detect multiple registration. When tested using his data, it revealed that he had previously registered. He also said the data capturing machine was part of the many inventions by students and lecturers of the institution and it would be exhibited as part of the activities for the convocation.

Furthermore, he said the management would patent the invention and present it to the Independent National Electoral Commission for possible collaboration(INEC).

In his words: “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. It is an invention that, after we patent it, we will take to INEC.”