However, whether the vast, unstable country is capable of delivering results in real time is an open question. Following major pressure from trade unions and civil society, Nigeria's Senate on Tuesday reversed its earlier decision to reject plans for the real-time electronic transmission of election results in future. Presidential elections expected a year from nowAfter an emergency meeting on the matter, the Senate said that members "approved the electronic transmission of election results after the completion of all statutory procedures at the polling unit." "Failure to add electronic transmission in real time will lead to mass action ‌before, during and ‌after the election, or total boycott of the election," NLC President Joe Ajaero said on Sunday. Over the past decade, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced various technology designed to improve the integrity and transparency of election results.

Source: Daily Nation February 11, 2026 04:51 UTC