OLUWATOPE Lawanson l Thursday, April 14, 2022
LAGOS, Nigeria – Mr Kunle Lawal, Country Lead, Wardchat Nigeria, says as part of the build-up to the 2023 General Elections, the launch of Wardchat App will enable voters across the country to connect.
Lawal made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. NAN reports that Wardchat App, a first of its kind, is a non-partisan and smart social network.
According to him, the app will enable voters connect from same polling unit, ward, local government and state across Nigeria. The country lead noted that the App aims to digitise the electoral space for proximal relationships using the smallest electoral unit which is the ward as a determinant during registration.
“The App will also enable users to follow and share opinions, photos, videos, news and live events he/she votes originates from. Wardchat App does not have any political affiliation. It is just a social media platform to drive conversations on electoral processes and political integrity around the country.
“Also, the data generated through the App can help in political campaigns, electoral processes and elections,” he said.
Lawal noted that Nigeria was at the forefront of technology hence using the App to leverage on technology to solve political problems.
He said: “We have reached the point of leveraging technology to propagate politics. It is being done in a dismal way on apps that were curated by Nigerians for Nigeria. This is by Nigerians for Nigeria.”
He explained that through the use of the App, Nigerians get to be part of the electoral process thereby getting reactions to the issues pertinent to their welfare. Lawal also added that through the App, realtime and genuine results will be gotten from various polling units.
Speaking on some of the features on the Wardchat App, the country lead noted that there was the News segment, Electoral and Origin Switch, Seamless Multi-Share, Feeds amongst others.
He explained that a voter who votes in one state but originates from another state could easily switch feeds between the two different states in other to engage or share contents with voters from those states through the Electoral and Origin Switch feature on the App.
“This is a revolution that would change the face and game of how politics is done and the way debate is being done on social media,” he said. (NAN)
