Electoral Act Amendment: Arewa Group Backs E-transmission Of Results

A Northern interest group, Arewa 100% Focus, has called on the National Assembly to consider the interests of Nigerians and adopt the electronic transmission of results in Nigeria’s Electoral Act Amendment.

Its National President, Dr Abubakar Fakai, made the call on Monday in Abuja while reacting to the Electoral Act Amendment passed by the Senate last Wednesday.

Although several provisions of the law were amended, public attention has largely focused on the rejection of electronic transmission of election results from polling units to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IREV).

Fakai urged the two chambers of the National Assembly to review and consider the interests of the majority of Nigerians in order to give more credibility to Nigeria’s election and the INEC.

“We are urging the Senate and the House of Representatives to go back and do the needful.

“Based on the request of people, let them adopt the electronic transmission of the result.

“I think it is going to help the democracy of this country. And we are solidly with the masses,” he said.

Also speaking, the group’s Spokesman, AbdulHamid Dankyarko, said that the group was doing everything possible, in collaboration with the leadership of National Orientation Agency (NOA), to sensitise Nigerians to the Nigeria’s Electoral Act.

“All young Nigerians should focus on electoral act, and we all have to organise ourselves as young Nigerians towards having a direct democratic system of government.

“We are encouraging the young generation0 to collect their PVCs and vote for the right candidates,” Dankyarko said.

Source: News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)