Tag: Electronic Voting

2023 General Elections: Falana, Utomi, others demand electronic voting system

Aminu Imam

As the electioneering process gathers momentum, renowned human rights activist, Femi Falana, alongside Prof. Pat Utomi and others, have stressed the need for the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to adopt an electronic voting system in the 2023 election. Speaking at the unveiling of the 40 million ballots movement, a youth-driven network in Lagos, recently, Falana urged the nation to take full advantage of the benefits of technology in making it easier for the electorates to vote. While saying it was not just enough to campaign for registration, he equally…

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E-transmission: Money politics, mediocrity, political blackmailing’ll vanish – Sheikh Gumi

Aminu Imam

Renowned Islamic scholar and preacher, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has hailed the decision by the Senate which allows the Independent National Electoral Commission to transmit election results electronically. In a post on Facebook, the cleric said the development will reduce rigging and votes manipulation which bad politicians have been using to hold the country at its jugular veins. Gumi also said the e-transmission of election results will reduce money politics, mediocrity, and political blackmailing to the barest minimum. This was disclosed in a statement titled: ‘The Revised Electoral Act On Electronic…

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Senate bows to pressure, gives INEC power on electronic transmission of election results

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…Approves only direct primaries for parties The Nigerian Senate yesterday adopted electronic transmission of election results, a position that was contained in the Conference Committee report submitted to the chamber. The electronic transmission of election results, which is a proviso in clause 53 of the Electoral Amendment Act, places on the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), the right to transmit results without subjecting their discretion to any other organ as was firstly captured that generated controversy. However, the adoption wasn’t without heated debate, which was brought under control by the…

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Electronic transmission: PDP Govs’ Forum tasks NASS to set up C’ttee to harmonise Electoral Bill 

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..Says legislators should be guided by national interest The PDP Governors’ Forum yesterday called on the National Assembly to immediately set up its conference committee that will harmonise the different versions of the Electoral Act Amendment Bills passed by both chambers. The forum said the committee should have a clear mandate to harken to the wishes of Nigerians and be guided by the national interest, particularly on the issue of electronic transmission of results. In a press statement, chairman of the forum and Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, insisted that a…

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Election Day: ‘No electronic accreditation, no voting’ – INEC Chairman declares

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), has insisted on electronic accreditation of voters in the country. The Commission’s Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this during a consultative meeting with Civil Society groups in Abuja, on Tuesday. “The new mantra is that no electronic accreditation, no voting”, Prof. Yakubu said, adding that the electoral body will commence the use of a new electronic accreditation in the forthcoming elections in Delta and Anambra States. The new voter accreditation machine called the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, (BVAS), will be used in place of…

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‘Electronic transmission of results would still be part of the 2023 general election’ – Ekweremadu

Aminu Imam

Former Deputy President of Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday stated that every lawmaker was expected to vote in support of what is best for the country, irrespective of political affiliation. Ekweremadu, who represents Enugu-West senatorial district, said that electronic transmission of results would still be part of the 2023 general election, and appealed that the issue should not be a sectional dichotomy or be seen as a political party affair. The lawmaker, who was among the Senators absent at the plenary on Thursday, when the upper chamber voted on the Electoral…

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E-voting : “We’ll resist plans to turn Nigeria into North Korea” – CUPP

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…Urges Nigerians to checkmate politics of APC domination  The Coalition of United Political Parties, (CUPP), has condemned the rejection of e- transmission of election results by the National Assembly, saying it was resolved to mobilise the citizens and resist any plan by the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC)-led Federal Government to turn Nigeria into a one-party and Police State like North Korea. This is just as the coalition called on all Nigerians to remain vigilant and checkmate the politics of domination being played by the ruling APC, in order to…

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Electoral Act Bill: PDP heads to court, insists on electronic transmission of results

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…Says APC has murdered democracy…”We have capacity for electronic transmission in remote areas” – INEC The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), has vowed not allow the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) led National Assembly to “murder democracy” in Nigeria, vowing to head to court to challenge the decision of the senate to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from transmitting election results directly from polling units. Lawmakers in both chambers of the National Assembly had been at loggerheads over electronic transmission of results earlier in the week. The House was…

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Electronic transmission of election results: ‘NASS has created three electoral bodies’ – Shehu Sani

Aminu Imam

Former senator, Shehu Sani, has stated that the National Assembly has created three electoral bodies, which is INEC, NCC and themselves by its rejection of the electronic transmission of election results. The former Senator, who represented Kaduna-Central in the 8th Senate between 2015 and 2019, stated this in a radio current affairs programme in, Osogbo, Oaun State on Friday. Sani, who expressed disappointment at the turn of events noted that it was sad, unfortunate and tragic that the National Assembly can be so divided on a very important issue. According…

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Electoral Act: “Why we walked out” – PDP lawmakers

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives has condemned Deputy Speaker of the House, Idris Wase, for the process of the passage of the Electoral Act. The PDP caucus reportedly staged a walkout in protest against the process of passage of the Bill. Wase, who is the chairman of the Committee of the Whole, had promised the opposition lawmakers that he will reconsider clause 52 of the Bill. It would be recalled that section 52 stalled the process on Thursday as the members disagreed on the electronic…

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