Electoral Act: INEC Will Not Have The Sole Power To Transmit Results Electronically – Senate

The Senate passed the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021 on Thursday, stripping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its sole authority to electronically transmit election results.

However, due to various contentious problems, the House of Representatives was unable to pass the electoral act change bill.

Even in the Senate, members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were at odds over the feasibility of transferring election results electronically, a phenomenon that drew attention away from other crucial elements in the law during debate. Many PDP members raised doubts, despite the fact that the majority of APC members provided legal backing for transferring election results with a caveat.