{"id":193816,"date":"2026-02-07T09:54:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T08:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/electoral-act-nigeria-not-ready-for-electronic-transmission"},"modified":"2026-02-07T10:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:58:38","slug":"electoral-act-nigeria-not-ready-for-electronic-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electoral-act-nigeria-not-ready-for-electronic-transmission","title":{"rendered":"Electoral Act Nigeria Not Ready for Electronic Transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Dr Mustapha Lecky, says Nigeria is not technically ready for real-time electronic transmission of election results.<\/p>\n<p>Lecky said this on Friday when he featured in an interview on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today.<\/p>\n<p>His remark comes amid the ongoing debate on the rejection of e-transmission of election results by the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that the Senate on Wednesday reportedly turned down a proposed change to Clause 60, sub-section 3 of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill that sought to make electronic transmission of election results compulsory.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Dr Lecky said, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t really make sense to me that we should be talking about instantaneous transmission of results live as it is happening because we don\u2019t do electronic voting anywhere. Nigeria is not yet ready for that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to think about those things. Those things must go together. It\u2019s not electronic voting. When we are doing electronic voting, then it can be instantaneous, right?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if we are not doing that, people are still coming with papers to put on the ballot box.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then you have to count there for everybody to see, one by one, separate them according to the political party, the argument is baseless. We don\u2019t need electronic transmission of election results,\u201d he said.<\/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 Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Dr Mustapha Lecky, says Nigeria is not technically ready for real-time electronic transmission of election results. Lecky said this on Friday when he featured in an interview on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today. 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