{"id":193745,"date":"2026-02-06T11:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/electoral-act-sparks-nigerian-anger-at-senate-ezekwesili"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:46:41","slug":"electoral-act-sparks-nigerian-anger-at-senate-ezekwesili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electoral-act-sparks-nigerian-anger-at-senate-ezekwesili","title":{"rendered":"Electoral Act Sparks Nigerian Anger at Senate Ezekwesili"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said Nigerians have every reason to be mad at the Senate over the ongoing debate on e-transmission of election results.<\/p>\n<p>Ezekwesili made this known on Friday when she featured in an interview on Arise Television\u2019s \u2018Morning Show\u2019 monitored .<\/p>\n<p>The Senate on Wednesday turned down a proposed change to Clause 60, Subsection 3, of the Electoral Amendment Bill that aimed to compel the electronic transmission of election results.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the matter, Ezekwesili said, \u201cThe fundamental issue with the review of the Electoral Act is that the Senate retained the INEC 2022 Act, Section 60 Sub 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis section became infamous for the loophole it provided INEC, causing Nigerians to lose trust. Since the law established that it wasn\u2019t mandatory for INEC to transmit electoral results in real-time, there wasn\u2019t much anyone could say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCitizens embraced the opportunity to reform the INEC Act, aiming to address ambiguity and discretionary opportunities for INEC. Yet, the Senate handled it with a \u201clet sleeping dogs lie\u201d approach. The citizens have every reason to be as outraged as they currently are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said Nigerians have every reason to be mad at the Senate over the ongoing debate on e-transmission of election results. Ezekwesili made this known on Friday when she featured in an interview on Arise Television\u2019s \u2018Morning Show\u2019 monitored . The Senate on Wednesday turned down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":193744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-193745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Electoral Act Sparks Nigerian Anger at Senate Ezekwesili - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said Nigerians have every reason to be mad at the Senate over the ongo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electoral-act-sparks-nigerian-anger-at-senate-ezekwesili\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Electoral Act Sparks Nigerian Anger at Senate Ezekwesili\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said Nigerians have every reason to be mad at the Senate over the ongo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electoral-act-sparks-nigerian-anger-at-senate-ezekwesili\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-06T10:35:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-06T11:46:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770378375.619829.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"570\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electoral-act-sparks-nigerian-anger-at-senate-ezekwesili#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electoral-act-sparks-nigerian-anger-at-senate-ezekwesili\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Electoral Act Sparks Nigerian Anger at Senate Ezekwesili\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-06T10:35:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-06T11:46:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electoral-act-sparks-nigerian-anger-at-senate-ezekwesili\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electoral-act-sparks-nigerian-anger-at-senate-ezekwesili#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770378375.619829.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electoral-act-sparks-nigerian-anger-at-senate-ezekwesili#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electoral-act-sparks-nigerian-anger-at-senate-ezekwesili\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electoral-act-sparks-nigerian-anger-at-senate-ezekwesili\",\"name\":\"Electoral Act Sparks Nigerian Anger at Senate Ezekwesili - 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