Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta and INEC Chairman Mahmoud Yakubu
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Sun Jul 25 2021
The House of Representatives, on July 16, passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 into law after rancorous sessions over clause 52(2), which deals with the issue of electronic transmission of results. Daily Trust examines some of the issues trailing the passage of the bill.
By Itodo Daniel Sule, Balarabe Alkassim, Abbas Jimoh & Zakariyya Adaramola
The much-awaited Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021, which was passed into law by both chambers of the National Assembly, has continued to generate controversies, especially on the aspect of clause 52 (2).
It would be recalled that on July 15, the House failed to pass the bill after it began the clause-by-clause consideration of the report of the Committee on Electoral Matters as a result of the controversy on the clause.
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E-results transmission possible in Nigeria, Atiku group insists The Punch
Published 22 July 2021
THE Atiku Support Organisation has said real-time electronic transmission of election results is 100 per cent possible in Nigeria, contrary to the position of the “transparent election-phobic All Progressives Congress-led Senate.”
The group canvassed the argument in a statement on Wednesday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr El Mo Victor.
The statement is titled, ‘With a 98 percent tele density rate and over 80 percent MTN Nigeria 3G broadband coverage, real-time e-transmission of election results is 100 percent possible, Atiku Support Organisation tells Senate.’
The group claimed that the data from the National Communications Commission website contradicts the outdated information presented by the NCC head of technical team to the house of representatives.