The Senate has proposed changes to Nigeria’s electoral laws to make the electronic transmission of election results compulsory from the 2027 polls.

The current law allows the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to determine the mode of transmission, which could be electronic.

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the electoral body repeatedly promised to upload election results from polling units online to improve transparency but refused to do so during the Feb. 25 presidential election. It claimed its systems suffered a “technical glitch”, details of which it has failed to provide.

Main opposition parties, Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, said the failure to electronically transmit results
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