Rivers Snort Governor, Nyesom Wike on Tuesday acknowledged the electronic transmission of outcomes if adopted by the Independent Nationwide Electoral Charge (INEC), will nick support electoral fraud.
Talking all over an interview in Port Harcourt, the convey capital, Wike counseled the Nationwide Assembly for empowering INEC to make a decision the mode of transmission of outcomes.
While describing the parliament’s transfer as a welcome trend, he acknowledged the process is truly a belief within the nation’s electoral machine that would possibly perchance perchance well perchance furthermore nick support election litigations.
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He nevertheless entreated the Nationwide Assembly not to not to make a decision for political parties, the vogue to be adopted within the behavior of their essential election as been instructed in some clauses within the Electoral Act Repeal and Re-Enactment invoice.
“Now that the end result will likely be transmitted electronically, no components for rigging,” he acknowledged. “Easiest these who enhance rigging are against outcomes to be transmitted electronically.
“If any flesh presser believes that he or she has performed effectively for the folk, you would possibly perchance perchance well know that that flesh presser would possibly perchance perchance well perchance not be timid and must smooth philosophize ‘whichever components you would possibly want to to transmit the end result, I am readily available for it but I desire it to be clear.
“I desire folks to appreciate self assurance within the electoral machine to aid INEC so that no one goes to attack INEC officials.”
Consistent with him, parties would possibly perchance perchance well perchance undertake a blueprint in electing who represents them at varied levels and never for the Nationwide Assembly to say whether or not it is inform or indirect essential.
While noting that Nigeria practices democracy, the governor acknowledged the mode of essential must smooth be on the discretion of political parties.
The Nationwide Assembly decision followed the reversal of the Senate’s earlier decision that INEC would possibly perchance perchance well perchance relief in mind the electronic transmission of outcomes “supplied national [network] coverage is adjudged to be adequate and stable” by the Nigerian Communications Charge and current by the Nationwide Assembly.
Beneath a new amendment of Clause 52 (2) of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, the Senate resolved that “balloting at an election and transmission of outcomes below this Bill will likely be in conserving with the blueprint determined by the Charge, that would possibly perchance perchance well perchance consist of electronic balloting”.
