The safety of electronic transmission of results cannot be totally guaranteed.
This was the opinion of the Executive Commissioner of the Nigerian Communications Commission {NCC}, Adeleke Adewolu, while briefing members of the House of Representatives on Friday.
Explaining that no system is completely free from hackers, he noted that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) cannot guarantee total safety in that regard, adding that election results can only be transmitted by a 3G network and about 50 percent of the country has 3G coverage.
Adeleke, however, explained that for areas without such coverage, poll results can be recorded and thereafter uploaded in places where there is a network, although he admitted that this cannot be compared with the real-time upload.
The briefing by the NCC boss comes owing to an invitation, after the federal lawmakers failed to reach an agreement over the controversial clause in the electoral act amendment bill, and Deputy Speaker Idris Wase had ruled against the electronic transmission of results despite a resounding vote in favour of the system.
