BREAKING: SENATE REJECTS MANDATORY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF ELECTION RESULTS

SENATE REJECTS MANDATORY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF ELECTION RESULTS


The Nigerian Senate has rejected a proposed amendment seeking to make the electronic transmission of election results compulsory, retaining the existing provisions of the Electoral Act.

The decision was taken on Wednesday during consideration of the Electoral Amendment Bill, as lawmakers voted against changes to Clause 60, Subsection 3, which would have mandated real-time electronic upload of polling unit results.

If approved, the amendment would have required presiding officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit results from each polling unit to the INEC Result Viewing (IREV) portal immediately after the completion of Form EC8A. The form is expected to be signed and stamped by the presiding officer and countersigned by party agents at the polling unit.

However, the Senate opted to maintain the current legal framework, which gives INEC the discretion to determine the mode of result transmission.

Under the existing Electoral Act, the presiding officer is required to transmit election results, including the total number of accredited voters and ballot results, “in a manner as prescribed by the Commission,” without explicitly mandating electronic transmission.

The rejection of the amendment comes amid ongoing national debates over electoral transparency, credibility, and the role of technology in Nigeria’s electoral process.

Supporters of electronic transmission have consistently argued that real-time uploads enhance transparency and reduce manipulation, while opponents have raised concerns about logistics, infrastructure limitations, and network reliability in some parts of the country.

The Senate’s decision means that INEC will continue to rely on its regulatory guidelines to determine how election results are transmitted and collated ahead of future elections.

Further legislative deliberations on other aspects of the Electoral Amendment Bill are expected to continue in the coming days.

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