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The amendment followed the adoption of a report by the House Committee on Electoral Matters at the Committee of the Whole, presided over by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu.
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Stakeholders in Nigeria’s governance and civic space have said that while the amended Electoral Act 2026 introduces reforms capable of strengthening the country’s democratic process, its effectiveness will depend largely
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TO realise their 2027 aspirations, a host of opposition political parties and leaders are facing a high hurdle mounted by the 2026 Electoral Act.
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The meeting of the Conference Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on the Electoral Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2026, was suddenly shifted to late night yesterday, following the failure of members of the House of Representatives in the committee to formally sit and brainstorm to reach any conclusion, ahead of today’s plenary.
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The Senate, yesterday, said it is not opposed to public criticism and peaceful protests over its handling of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, assuring Nigerians that the controversy surrounding the removal of the phrase “real-time” from provisions on electronic transmission of election results will be addressed at an emergency plenary sitting today.
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“This is not lawmaking, it is deliberate democratic sabotage against the aspiration of the people of our country, as mandatory electronic transmission of results is not controversial. It is a minimum safeguard against result tampering, ballot rewriting, and post-election fraud. Any legislature that blocks it is openly defending a system that thrives on electoral corruption, stolen mandates and manufactured elections.”
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THE Senate was divided, yesterday, as 13 frontline opposition senators kicked against reports that the upper chamber of the National Assembly rejected mandatory electronic transmission of election results in its Wednesday’s passage of the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Amendment Bill 2026.
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