The Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC) says only about 50 per cent of polling units in the country has 3G network that can transmit elections results electronically.

The Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Ubale Maska, made this known while addressing the House of Representatives on Friday in Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the NCC was invited to brief the lawmakers, following the uproar that erupted in the house on Thursday, while members were considering clause 52 of the Electoral Amendment Bill.

NAN recalls that the house was divided over the clause which made provisions for transmission of election results electronically.

The House could not make progress as some members were in support of electronic transmission of results while others insisted on manual transmission, saying that not all polling units had
network coverage.

Responding to questions from lawmakers, Mr Maska told the House that in 2018, the NCC conducted an analysis of the 119,000 polling units in the country.

According to him, about 50.3 per cent of the polling units have 3G and 2G network coverage, while parts of the remaining 46.7 have only 2G and the rest do not have coverage at all.

He explained that only polling units with 3G network coverage could transmit election results electronically.

The NCC official, however, explained that results could be uploaded in areas covered by 2G and later be moved to an area with 3G for the transmission to be completed.

On the possibility of hacking the process, Mr Maska said no system could be 100 per cent free from activities of hackers.

He was responding to a question from a lawmaker which bothered on the ability of the NCC to prevent hackers from tempering with the process.

Mr Maska recalled that the 2016 presidential elections in the United States were widely believed to be hacked, saying that activities of hackers were reported daily.

The Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, said that having informed members, the house would revert to the Committee of the Whole to consider clause 52 and other clauses yet to be considered.
( NAN )

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So let's transmit from those ones and set up Starlink feeds for the rest 50 which is even cheaper ....

That 50% will be like 48% south and 2%North. This wi help inec rig it better.

But in 2019, inec deployed a gadget that was used to transmit the result. One machine per ward. Only for them to deny the existence.

Sha! This is Nigeria. They can never accept any move that will seem transparent. NEVER. Not in the next life

From mere seeing of the name "Ubale" I know what he will say.

I have traversed the length and breath of this country and I can tell you for a fact that I have not been to any village with only 2G in this country.

This is just a cooked up report to ensure that the northerners exempt themselves from electronic transfer of results.

Lagos results will be collated electronically while Kano and maiduguri are cooking figures


But these stupid and rubbish Southern assembly members are oblivious of the game at play.

E go be

Rubbish!

My own is NCC should stop deceiving Nigerians. Electronic transmission of results is text based and can be done using 2G. All this talk of 3G is just to muddle up the waters.

can we not upgrade ? After all this government budgeted four billion Naira for spying calls.

Pravedk:
From mere seeing of the name "Ubale" I know what he will say.

I have traversed the length and breath of this country and I can tell you for a fact that I have not been to any village with only 2G in this country.

This is just a cooked up report to ensure that the northerners exempt themselves from electronic transfer of results.

Lagos results will be collated electronically while Kano and maiduguri are cooking figures


But these stupid and rubbish Southern assembly members are oblivious of the game at play.

E go be

Many village doesn't have network at all but my challenge is our politicians. They will easily frustrated anything electronic through hacking and even sabotage by INEC staff.