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The Senate on Wednesday passed the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill to regulate the conduct of elections in the country.
This followed the clause-by-clause consideration of the bill by the lawmakers in the Committee of the Whole during plenary in Abuja.
In his remarks after the approval, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, commended the committee for a great job.
He said: “I salute you, the Chairman, Sen. Niyi Adegbonmire, for your dexterity, hard work, your patriotism and your love for your country.
“So let me just mention the fact that there were no deliberate attempts on the part of the Nigerian Senate to delay the amendment of the Electoral Act.
“Our intention has always been to ensure that we do our best and we do it painstakingly, taking our time to ensure that what comes out reflects the yearnings and aspirations of all Nigerians.”
Akpabio said the Senate, in consideration of the bill, retained Clause 60, which was on the ‘Electronic Transmission of Results’.
“Social media is already awash with the fact that the Senate has rejected electronic transmission. That is not true.
“Electronic transmission has always been in our hearts. And what we did was to retain the electronic transmission, which has been in our hearts, and which was used in 2020.
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“So please, do not allow people to confuse you. If you are in doubt, we will make our final votes and proceedings available to you if you apply and you are entitled, so that you’ll see.
“This senate, under my watch, has not rejected electronic transmission of results. It’s in my interest, as a participant in the next election for such to be done.
“So please don’t go with the crowd. We have retained what was in the previous provision. That’s all we did.
“So if we rejected what was proposed by way of amendment and said let’s retain what was in the previous provision, the previous provision has made provisions for electronic transmission. So it is still there as part of our laws,” the Senate President added.
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