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  • Sun, Mar 2026

Di amendment of di Electoral Act wey di Nigerian Senate pass don cause plenty tok-tok since di tori of di passage come out.

Initial tori be say di Senate reject di part of di amendment wey concern electronic transmission of votes from polling units.

Though di senate don come out to explain wetin dem do, dat explanation no dey enta.

Many politicians and dia political parties, including election monitoring groups still dey react to wetin di Senators do.

Di Nigeria House of Representatives don set up one nine-man committee wey go review di Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill wey di Nigerian Senate pass.

One statement wey di tok-tok pesin for di House of Reps Akin Rotimi issue on Thursday, tok say di review na to strengthen di committee capacity to harmonise areas of difference between di versions of bill wey both chambers of di National Assembly pass.

Di committee wey Adebayo Balogun, di house of rep member wey dey represent Ibeju-Lekki federal constituency dey lead, go discuss wit dia counterpart from di senate and try to harmonise di contradicting provisions of di Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill wey di two chambers pass ahead of di final legislative action.

Dem set up dis committee afta dem say di senate position on di electoral bill wey dem pass, dey different from dia own, as dem adopt and pass amendments wey provide for compulsory electronic transmission of result, downloadable voters card plus di retention of existing timeline for key electoral activities.

Dakota Dare

Alice could not help thinking there MUST be more to be otherwise than what it meant till now.' 'If.