Two Peoples Democratic Party senators, Gershom Bassey (Cross River South) and Abba Moro (Benue South), have faulted the arguments of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on the provisions of the Electoral Act regarding the electronic transmission of results.
They insisted that both Chambers of the National Assembly duly passed the provisions in the Electoral Act which mandates the Independent National Electoral Commission to transmit election results electronically from the polling units to its central server.
The Senate President had during plenary on Tuesday said there was no provision for the electronic transmission of results in the Electoral Act 2022.
Lawan had noted that the National Assembly only made provision for the transfer of results from the polling units to the server of the INEC.
However, speaking with journalists on Wednesday, Senator Moro lamented that the INEC went ahead to announce the nationwide cry against the non-conformity of the INEC to the Electoral Act as regarding the electronic transmission of results.
Moro further decried that Nigeria’s image, integrity and sovereignty were at stake.
