Finally, senate approves electronic transmission of results

The senate bowed to pressure from the public on Tuesday when it passed a bill which gave the Independent National Electoral Commission the sole power to determine the procedure for the transmission of election results.

The red chamber also approved direct primaries as the method to be adopted by all political parties to elect candidates for all elective positions.

The amendments were made on Tuesday by the senate to some clauses of the electoral act (repeal and re-enactment) bill 2021, passed on July 15, 2021.

In its reaction, INEC told newsmen that although it had the capacity to transmit elections results electronically,  it said it could only adopt the method after  president   Muhammadu Buhari had signed amendments to electoral act.

Also on Tuesday, the Peoples’ Democratic Party and civil rights groups faulted the approval of direct primaries by the senate.