Tag: ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF RESULT

Senate finally reveals why ‘real time’ was removed from Electoral Bill

Aminu Imam
Senate finally reveals

Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele has revealed that the upper chamber removed the phrase “real time” from the Electoral Bill, 2026, after reviewing data on Nigeria’s communications and power infrastructure. Bamidele stated this in a statement issued yesterday by his directorate of media and public affairs. Recall that the 10th Senate had earlier resolved against clause 60(3) of the bill, which provides that the presiding officer “shall electronically transmit the results from each polling unit to INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) in real time…”. The chamber subsequently redrafted the clause,…

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‘Akpabio removed electronic transmission of results in Electoral Act’ – Senators

Aminu Imam
Senators accuse Akpabio

A group of Senators in the 10th National Assembly have accused Senate President, Godswill Akpabio of removing the passage of electronic transmission of election results from the Electoral Bill passed during proceeding on Wednesday. During a press conference yesterday, the senators, led by Enyinnaya Abaribe, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and Natasha Akpoti, insisted on retaining electronic transmission of election results in the Electoral Bill. Speaking during the press conference in a video, Abaribe said it was necessary to make a clarification on Wednesday’s proceedings. “To put the records straight, the Senate…

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Senate denies rejecting electronic transmission of election results

Aminu Imam
Senate denies rejecting

The 10th Senate has denied a report that  it rejected the electronic transmission of election results during consideration of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill. The clarification came from the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, shortly after the upper chamber passed the Bill following a marathon session lasting almost 5 hours. Consideration of the contentious amendment to Clause 60, sub-section 3, of the Bill began at about 2p.m and stretched until 6.26p.m, fuelling speculation online that lawmakers had voted against mandatory electronic transmission of results. However, news made the…

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CSOs commend Senate’s reconsideration of Electronic Transmission of Election Results clause

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations have commended the Nigerian Senate for reconsidering its earlier decision to subject the Independent  National Electoral Commission (INEC’s) powers to transmit election results electronically to the judgement of the Nigerian Communication  Commission (NCC) and approval by the National Assembly. The  revised  Clause 52 passed by the Senate now empowers the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to determine the mode of voting and transmission of election results without recourse to any external consideration. The Senate also reviewed its position on Clause 42 by empowering INEC to…

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