Following the adoption of the Conference Committee report on
electronic transmission of election results during Tuesday’s plenary by the
Senate, former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has described the
development as victory for democracy.
He commended the Senate for reversing itself on electronic
transmission of results.
Ekweremadu said the Senate’s action justified his assurances
to Nigerians in July that all hope was not lost for electronic transmission of
2023 election results despite the initial setback.
In a statement by his media aide, Uche Anichukwu, Ekweremadu
said: “I want to specially commend the Senate for setting aside narrow partisan
interests to correct the mistake of July 15, 2021 by reversing itself on the
issue of electronic transmission of election results.
“This clause, though not originally part of the Bill, was
introduced by the Joint National Assembly Committee on the Independent National
Electoral Commission, which I am part of, to save the nation the troubles of
ballot box snatching, electoral violence, and manipulations that happen between
the polling booth and collation centres.
“Although, I was representing Nigeria at an international
parliamentary session in Montenegro and therefore unavoidably absent during the
passage of the Bill in July, I had assured Nigerians that we would work with
the progressives across party lines to dialogue with our colleagues and other
critical stakeholders to ensure that electronic transmission of results was
restored in the Bill.
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