Breaking: Heavy protests in National Assembly over e-transmission of election results

Thousands of protesters have occupied the National Assembly this morning. They are making demand on the lawmakers to affect the needed changes in the Electoral Act.

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On Wednesday, the Senate rejected the proposal to amend Clause 60, sub-section 3 of the Electoral Amendment Bill which seeks to make electronic transmission of election results compulsory.

Nigerian lawmakers and, in fact, nearly all the politicians don’t have any value in their constituencies. They can’t win any election under free and fair conditions. So their only way out is to prepare the room for rigging, which is why the Senate rejected the proposed amendments.