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Ambassador-designate Reno Omokri has expressed support for the electronic transmission of election results but described real-time transmission as impractical.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday night, Omokri said: “If you want to have the electronic transmission of result, I support that. I don’t think anybody who is going to be against that is patriotic.”
He argued, however, that demands for real-time electronic transmission were unrealistic, citing South Africa’s recent elections as an example. “Election results can be transmitted electronically in Nigeria. However, there are some places where you don’t have coverage because Nigeria is a large country,” he explained.
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His comments come amid protests over the Senate’s passage of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026, which removed the phrase “real-time” from the transmission clause, while retaining manual collation as backup.
On his ambassadorial nomination, Omokri clarified his position regarding working with the Tinubu administration. “That’s not what I said. The question you asked me was that if Tinubu asked me to work with him, would I accept? I said no, it’s not in my DNA. However, I never said I cannot work for Nigeria. As an ambassador, I’m going to work for Nigeria. I will be an ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he stated.
Omokri is among the nominees President Bola Tinubu forwarded to the Senate for ambassadorial consideration.
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