{"id":194912,"date":"2026-02-14T11:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-adopt-real-time-results-upload-or-face-protests"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T11:20:01","slug":"2027-adopt-real-time-results-upload-or-face-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-adopt-real-time-results-upload-or-face-protests","title":{"rendered":"2027 Adopt Real-Time Results Upload or Face Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Rescue Nigeria Alliance, RNA, has urged the Senate to revert to the mandatory real-time electronic transmission of polling-unit results in the amended Electoral Act or face sustained nationwide protests.<\/p>\n<p>RNA made its position known on Friday at a media briefing in Abuja, declaring that any dilution of transparency amounts to an \u2018assault\u2019 on the Republic.<\/p>\n<p>National Chairman of the group, Dr Basil Nwolisa, and the National Secretary, Akor Christian Oche, said the decision of the National Assembly, especially the Senate, to reject compulsory real-time upload of results after a clause-by-clause consideration of 155 provisions was a dangerous setback for Nigeria\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>It said that it had been protesting since Monday, February 9, 2026, and called for expanded, peaceful civic action from Monday, February 16, 2026, at and around the National Assembly and other symbolic locations nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s either they restore the real-time electronic transmission or face total protest. We therefore condemn, in the strongest terms, the decision of the National Assembly, especially the Senate, to reject mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results in the newly passed Electoral Act amendment bill, after a five-hour clause-by-clause review of all 155 clauses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision is a direct attack on transparency, a dangerous setback for our democracy, and a reckless gamble with Nigeria\u2019s stability as 2027 approaches,\u201d the group 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. Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Rescue Nigeria Alliance, RNA, has urged the Senate to revert to the mandatory real-time electronic transmission of polling-unit results in the amended Electoral Act or face sustained nationwide protests. 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