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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday declared that it has capacity and the required technological infrastructure to transmit results electronically in remote areas.
INEC’s National Chairman and Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, stated this during a Channels TV programme.
Lawmakers in both chambers of the National Assembly were divided on Thursday as members debated section 52(3) of the electoral amendment act bill, which deals with electronic transmission. Clause 52(3) of the bill had prescribed that INEC might adopt electronic voting and transmission of results where practicable. x
While many senators were absent in the Red Chamber during the vote to reform Nigeria’s election processes, the bulk of the lawmakers voted in favour of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to certify that nationwide coverage of the internet is guaranteed before electronic transmission of results can be carried out. Nigerian senators [Tope Brown] Pulse Nigeria Some of the senators argued that transmission of electronic results may be difficult due to poor network coverage But INEC National Commissioner and Chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee),
Festus Okoye in an interview with Channels TV on Saturday disagreed with the National Assembly, saying the commission had uploaded results of 22 elections
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1. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has insisted it has the capacity to transmit election results electronically from remote areas across Nigeria. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Chairman and Commissioner for Information and Voter Education stated this on Saturday while featuring on Channels TV program.
2. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige yesterday told the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to desist from linking him to the re-arrest of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Ngige, in a statement by his media office on Saturday, insisted he does not have the time to involve himself with security and diplomatic matters.
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