The development comes amid heightened public interest in the fate of the Electoral Amendment Bill, following recent disagreements over provisions relating to the electronic transmission of results. If we change ‘transmit’ to ‘upload’ in the Electoral Bill, 2026, will it change anything? “In Akure, for instance, the presiding officers will upload election results at polling units at 4pm because voting is concluded as scheduled. He said, “The National Assembly must act decisively to embed mandatory real-time electronic transmission of results in the Electoral Act. “The court was clear that because electronic transmission is not expressly provided for in the Electoral Act 2022, it is not legally binding,” he stated.

Source: Punch February 13, 2026 01:33 UTC