{"id":196361,"date":"2026-02-27T11:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T10:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/no-country-has-real-time-election-results-transmission"},"modified":"2026-02-27T12:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:54:18","slug":"no-country-has-real-time-election-results-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-country-has-real-time-election-results-transmission","title":{"rendered":"No Country Has Real-Time Election Results Transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has said that no country in the world has real-time electronic transmission of election results.<\/p>\n<p>Omokri stated this on Thursday in reaction to the rejection of the Electoral Act by the opposition leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders of opposition political parties in Nigeria on Thursday kicked against the amended Electoral Act 2026 recently assented to by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Airing his own opinion, the ambassador-designate said, \u201cI challenge Senator David Mark, Dr Ajuji Ahmed and everyone at that press conference to name just one country that has real-time electronic transmission of election results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo country currently possesses real-time electronic transmission of election results. Even in the United States, where Starlink originates, such a system does not exist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRequesting Starlink to provide this capability is similar to asking for something even its country of origin lacks. The perception of real-time results often stems from media projections based on exit polls, not actual election outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis distinction is crucial, as official results, compiled by bodies like the Federal Electoral Commission, typically emerge much later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelying solely on media projections can be misleading, as demonstrated by the 2000 election where an incorrect media projection led to a premature concession that later had to be withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the concept of electronic transmission of results is supported, its real-time implementation is currently unachievable.\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 presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has said that no country in the world has real-time electronic transmission of election results. Omokri stated this on Thursday in reaction to the rejection of the Electoral Act by the opposition leaders. Leaders of opposition political parties in Nigeria on Thursday kicked against the amended Electoral [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":196360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-196361","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>No Country Has Real-Time Election Results Transmission - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has said that no country in the world has real-time electronic transmission of el ...\" \/>\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\/no-country-has-real-time-election-results-transmission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No Country Has Real-Time Election Results Transmission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has said that no country in the world has real-time electronic transmission of el ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-country-has-real-time-election-results-transmission\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-27T10:37:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-27T11:54:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772193224.724265.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=\"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\/no-country-has-real-time-election-results-transmission#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-country-has-real-time-election-results-transmission\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"No Country Has Real-Time Election Results Transmission\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-27T10:37:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-27T11:54:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-country-has-real-time-election-results-transmission\"},\"wordCount\":238,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-country-has-real-time-election-results-transmission#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1772193224.724265.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-country-has-real-time-election-results-transmission#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-country-has-real-time-election-results-transmission\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-country-has-real-time-election-results-transmission\",\"name\":\"No Country Has Real-Time Election Results Transmission - 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