BREAKING: NCC, INEC chairmen to help Reps analyse transmission of election result in Electoral Act

By Emman Ovuakporie

The House of Representatives has adjourned till Friday by 10 am as the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Yakubu Mahmud and his Nigeria Communication , NCC counterpart, Umar Danbatta are expected to help analyse electronic transmission in the Electoral Act amendment process.

TheNewsGuru.cim, (TNG) reports this is after a rowdy session that was experienced during the Clause by Clause consideration of the Electoral Act amendment.

Clause 50-54 which entails the electronic transmission of votes has been a bone of contention in the House following the report consideration done by the deputy speaker, Ahmed Idris. While most lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) insisted on electronic transmission of results in the general elections, some members of the ruling All Progressive Congress APC opppsed it and advised that both manual and electronic transmission should be allowed.

The argument lasted for hours without a final consideration of the report.

Reverting to plenary, the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila ruled that the House which ought to had gone for its annual long recess on Thursday will continue tomorrow Friday where the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) executive vice chairman, Umar Dambata and his INEC counterpart will be in attendance to explain better on whether the electronic transmission of voting results is the way forward or not.