The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday amended votes and proceedings of its plenary sitting last week Wednesday 4th February, regarding the resolutions on the provisions of section 60 sub-section 3 in the electoral act amendment bill.
The motion moved by the Senate Chief Whip Mohammed Tahir Monguno and endorsed by the Senate is in relation to transmission of election results from polling units.
Following the motion, the senate adopted electronic means for the transmission of election results.
However, should there be a communication glitch that leads to failure of delivery by the electronic means, the form EC8, which contains the results at polling unit, duly entered on the form, stamped and signed by the election officer and counter signed by the various agents shall be the primary source of collation.
Newsbuka reports that after the vote on the motion, the Senator representing Abia South, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, moved a counter motion calling for a division, that is individual voting on the section 60 sub 3.
He, however, withdrew the motion after the Senate President Godswill Akpabio asked him to proceed.
Senate Approves Electronic And Manual Transmission of Election Results
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