Senate Rejects Compulsory Electronic Transmission of Election Results, Others
- Nigerian Senate retains provision for election results transmission but rejects compulsory electronic methods
- Permanent voter cards remain the only accepted means of voter accreditation in the 2022 Electoral Act
- Social media reactions reveal mixed sentiments on election result transmission decisions and political implications
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The Nigerian Senate has retained the provision in Clause 60 of the 2022 Electoral Act allowing election results to be transmitted in a manner prescribed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The Senate, however, rejected the compulsory real-time electronic transmission of election results from polling units to the IReV portal.
Source: Facebook
Meanwhile, the Senate, in its clause-by-clause consideration of the Bill, retains the permanent voter card, PVC, as the sole means of voter accreditation, as it rejects electronic or alternative identification proposed in Clause 47.
The lawmakers have, in Clause 86, voted for Direct Primaries to be conducted in line with the constitutions of political parties and guidelines.
Reacting to the report, Aloy Ejimakor, a popular Nigerian lawyer, took to social media and alleged that the rejection of compulsory transmission of election results would favour the ruling party. He opined that elections are more determined at the polling units and not the collation centres. His statement reads:
"A non-mandatory electronic transmission of results from the polling units favours the political party/candidate with superior access to the human elements that manage elections. The polling unit (not the collation centres) is the level where the popular will is truly determined."
His comment has started on social media has started generating reactions from some Nigerians. Below are some of their reactions:
Nwafresh said that the lawyer has been advocating for a secession and wondered if he was worried about the election in Nigeria:
"Oga, I thought it was Biafra or nothing? What's now your business if election results are transmitted electronically or not?"
Mercy Agera supported the lawyer's claim:
"The mandatory transmission of results will NOT favour the ruling party, hence the rejection. This shows they know that election rigging is what kept them thus far, not Nigerians."
Moni George alleged that Tinubu and many of the lawmakers would not win their re-election:
"Three-quarters of them will not return, and Tinubu too will lose woefully if the elections are credible."
Hassan alleged that the lawyer did not verify the report before sharing:
"Content lawyer, you're supposed to verify news before vomiting rubbish. This is exactly what you've been doing, and you end up putting Nnamdi Kanu in the middle of trouble. Then, when the fight gets hot, you abandon him and run."
You can read more comments on the lawyer's reaction on X here:
Source: Legit.ng
