Group pushes for real-time electronic results transmission
The Youth Electoral Reform Project Consortium has called on the National Assembly to mandate real-time electronic transmission of election results. The group welcomed the Senate’s recent move to revisit the Electoral Act amendment bill, highlighting public concerns about proposed changes. They emphasized that real-time transmission would reduce human interference and electoral fraud. The consortium urged lawmakers to adopt the House of Representatives’ version of the bill for greater transparency.
What we know
- The Youth Electoral Reform Project Consortium urged the National Assembly Conference Committee to adopt mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results as passed by the House of Representatives.
- The group noted that on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, the Senate revisited Clause 60(3) and adopted electronic transmission of results, but did not make it mandatory in real-time.
- The group warned that allowing manual transfer of results when technology fails could open the door to electoral fraud.
- The Senate President’s mandate is for harmonisation to be concluded within a week so the President can assent to the bill by the end of February 2026.
- The group stressed that Nigerian youth support mandatory electronic transmission and that INEC has already used it for the 2023 general elections.
