Senate Retains Manual Backup for Election Results in Electoral Act Amendment

[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 17/02/2026

The Senate has approved the electronic transmission of election results, with manual collation retained as a backup. The resolution followed a tense plenary session in which 15 lawmakers opposed the retention of the controversial proviso in Clause 60 of the Electoral Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2026. The red chamber of the National Assembly arrived at this decision following a dramatic division on the floor, with 55 senators voting to retain the manual backup clause, while Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (ADC/Abia South) and 14 others stood against it. Recall that the Senate had (…)

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