Tag: e-transmission of election results
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MTN, Airtel, Globacom Others Reject Objection To e-Transmission Of Election Results
By Paul Joseph Nigeria’s telecommunications operators have dismissed assertions from some lawmakers that the country lacks the necessary infrastructure for real-time electronic transmission of election results. Opposition members in the National Assembly, along with many Nigerians, had pushed for mandatory live electronic transmission of election results in the new Electoral Act 2026, but the National…
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Obidients Call for Protest, Condemn Senate’s Rejection of Electronic Election Results
By Charles Maduka The Obidient Movement has faulted the senate over its decision to reject mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results in the recent amendment of the Electoral Act. In a statement issued on Friday, Yunusa Tanko, national coordinator of the movement, described the decision to retain provisions for manual collation as a direct…
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Ex-PFN leader petitions US, UN over rejection of electronic transmission
By Charles Maduka A former Rivers State chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Apostle Eugene Ogu, has petitioned the United States, the United Nations and the European Union over the National Assembly’s refusal to make real-time electronic transmission of election results mandatory. Ogu described the decision of the federal legislature as a serious threat…
