Senate reconsiders voting method on election result

The Nigerian senate has reconsidered the clause of electoral act, that empowers the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to determine the best way to transmit election results.

Leader of the senate, Yahaya Abdullahi and other committees concludes that, INEC is free to determine the mode of transmission of results during elections, including electronic transmission or manual transmission. 

The upper chamber also approved that political party seeking to nominate candidates for elections shall hold direct primaries for aspirants to all elective positions which will be monitored by INEC.

Though, senators Smart Adeyemi and Shuaibu Lau opposed direct primaries due to its huge cost, Abdulfatah Buhari, Adamu Aliero and Opeyemi Bamidele said it is the best means of selecting credible candidates while also giving party members a sense of belonging.