Real-time etransmission: ‘Technical glitch’ in 2027 will unsettle Nigeria, by Olu Fasan

Vanguardngr | 19-02-2026 01:55pm |

The vexed debate over the Senate’s refusal to guarantee “mandatory” and “real-time” electronic transmission of results in the electoral law ignores two fundamental problems. The first is Nigeria’s utterly weak state capacity; the second is the total lack of institutional independence. Even if the electoral act provides for mandatory and real-time transmission of election results, “mandatory”

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