{"id":194387,"date":"2026-02-11T11:47:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/electronic-transmission-must-work-for-every-nigerian"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:57:15","slug":"electronic-transmission-must-work-for-every-nigerian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electronic-transmission-must-work-for-every-nigerian","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Transmission Must Work for Every Nigerian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Abia North Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has declared his full support for the Senate\u2019s decision to approve the electronic transmission of election results directly from polling units.<\/p>\n<p>Orji Kalu expressed his support in a statement following Tuesday\u2019s emergency plenary.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the red chamber on Tuesday amended Section 60 of the Electoral Act to allow presiding officers at polling units to electronically transmit election results to the Results Viewing Portal (IREV) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\n<p>The amendment means electronic transmission becomes the primary method where the technology is available and functional.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cToday at the emergency plenary, I supported and added my voice to the Senate\u2019s new position approving the electronic transmission of election results from polling units across Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur democracy must work for every Nigerian, everywhere.\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. Abia North Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has declared his full support for the Senate\u2019s decision to approve the electronic transmission of election results directly from polling units. Orji Kalu expressed his support in a statement following Tuesday\u2019s emergency plenary. Recall that the red chamber on Tuesday amended Section 60 of the Electoral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-194387","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>Electronic Transmission Must Work for Every Nigerian - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abia North Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has declared his full support for the Senate\u2019s decision to approve the electronic tran ...\" \/>\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\/electronic-transmission-must-work-for-every-nigerian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Electronic Transmission Must Work for Every Nigerian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abia North Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has declared his full support for the Senate\u2019s decision to approve the electronic tran ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electronic-transmission-must-work-for-every-nigerian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-11T10:47:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-11T11:57:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770810993.502466.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\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\/electronic-transmission-must-work-for-every-nigerian#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electronic-transmission-must-work-for-every-nigerian\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Electronic Transmission Must Work for Every Nigerian\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-11T10:47:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-11T11:57:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electronic-transmission-must-work-for-every-nigerian\"},\"wordCount\":153,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electronic-transmission-must-work-for-every-nigerian#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770810993.502466.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electronic-transmission-must-work-for-every-nigerian#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electronic-transmission-must-work-for-every-nigerian\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electronic-transmission-must-work-for-every-nigerian\",\"name\":\"Electronic Transmission Must Work for Every Nigerian - 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