₦airaland Forum

If INEC budget for next year elections is N1Trilion. Any reasonable person should ask this simple question.

What will INEC use that huge money for without deploying advanced voting system?

Arabk25:
98% of senators will not return to the Senate house including akpabio if eventually they pass this bill

That's why they are doing this. It's not just about tinubu, they are trying to protect themselves too. No one sets trap that will eventually catch him 😂

Anybody who doesn't support this, is an enemy of this country

RichBoy247:
Let the Engineers go and conduct the elections nah. Shameless people dey call themselves Engineers, ordinary bicycle dem no make from 1800 till date, na election dem wan engineer

You don't sound very smart.

Mitsurugi:
You don't sound very smart.

He isn't.. just has the ability to read and write

Ofunaofu:
I want to ask: what is your problem with mandatory electronic transmission of election results from polling units?

Why are you vehemently against it?

RichBoy247 is a rigger supporter.

Naustine:
He isn't.. just has the ability to read and write

Read and write nonsense

As soon as electronic transmission of polling unit election result is made compulsory in Nigerian election, Tinubu's structure of criminality will collapse, Lagos state will be liberated from his voodoo and all the failed political leaders in Nigeria will go to oblivion while elected officials will stop depending on INEC and power of incumbency to perpetuate themselves in office against the will of the people and will start delivering on their campaign promises knowing that if they fail, the people will vote them out in next election and this is the only way to reposition Nigeria for a greater future.



Senate must approve the mandatory transmission of polling unit election result electronically, gone are the days of manual collation and result manipulation at collation centers which is what Tinubu has been using to hold on to power since 1999!!

That must end in 2027!


Anybody that wants to lead Nigeria or any state or LGA should be ready to deliver on his or her campaign promises and not rely on election rigging and political structures of criminalities they always brag about.

lloydtruth:
Everybody wants a free and fair election except the riggers who claimed to have transformed Nigeria into something bigger than the US.

Unfortunately for them they will not succeed in caging the whole country. A united Nigeria can overcome the evil tendencies of a few population of charlatans.

RichBoy247:
Let the Engineers go and conduct the elections nah. Shameless people dey call themselves Engineers, ordinary bicycle dem no make from 1800 till date, na election dem wan engineer

Just because of ordinary 30k see as person pikin dey fumble?

Oh my goodness, poverty is a big curse.


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RichBoy247:
Let the Engineers go and conduct the elections nah. Shameless people dey call themselves Engineers, ordinary bicycle dem no make from 1800 till date, na election dem wan engineer

Election riggers are not supposed to comment here. Go and look for any topic concerning Obi to comment

It's easy to demand things when you're ignorant of the intricacies involved in achieving it.

lloydtruth:
Everybody wants a free and fair election except the riggers who claimed to have transformed Nigeria into something bigger than the US.

Nigeria is not ready for e transmission of results.

We cannot subject our election to foreign influence. US as technologically advanced as they are, the election results was hacked by Russia. Elections are hacked all over the world including China and Russia. They all hire hackers. We're not ripe and it'll not happen.

brain54:
Akpabio's Senate is a failure...

Why do blame the Senate president.?
Why not the CinC?

All of them are taking instructions from the CinC

Most the politicians are cage by CinC

MEGAWATCH:
Just because of ordinary 30k see as person pikin dey fumble?

Oh my goodness, poverty is a big curse.


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I can bet u that have not eaten good food for some days now.
They are not paying him a dime. He is just supporting without not knowing what he supporting

Arabk25:
Why are you afraid my bros

Can you tell me the achievements of Nigeria Society of Engineers since its establishment?

Chinese companies are doing all the work they supposed to do. Have they produced bicycle? Any flyover to their credit? Have they produced any useful machines? Even their own personal car, can they fix it? They're talking of e transmission as if they can produce the machine or operate it.

Tareq1105:
Nigeria is not ready for e transmission of results.

We cannot subject our election to foreign influence. US as technologically advanced as they are, the election results was hacked by Russia. Elections are hacked all over the world including China and Russia. They all hire hackers. We're not ripe and it'll not happen.

How did they start?
Did they get it right over night? We have start somewhere even the people u are defending do no care about you

WhizdomXX:
https://guardian.ng/politics/engineers-back-real-time-election-results-transmission-nationwide/

So has the senate agreed to change it from transfer to transmission

RichBoy247:
Let the Engineers go and conduct the elections nah. Shameless people dey call themselves Engineers, ordinary bicycle dem no make from 1800 till date, na election dem wan engineer

You need help

WhizdomXX:
https://guardian.ng/politics/engineers-back-real-time-election-results-transmission-nationwide/

The Nigerian Society of Engineers’ endorsement of mandatory real-time electronic transmission of election results is ambitious, but it rests on overly optimistic assumptions that gloss over Nigeria’s political, institutional and infrastructural realities. While technology can improve elections, presenting it as a near-silver bullet risks replacing one set of problems with another, potentially more complex and less transparent.

First, the NSE underestimates the scale and unevenness of Nigeria’s infrastructure deficit. The claim that mobile broadband and satellite connectivity can adequately cover over 176,000 polling units ignores persistent gaps in network reliability, electricity supply and technical support. Elections are not conducted in controlled laboratory conditions; they take place in volatile, resource-constrained environments where even basic logistics often fail. A system that collapses in a fraction of polling units risks delegitimizing the entire process, especially in a country where elections are routinely contested in court.

Second, the engineers’ confidence in cybersecurity safeguards appears detached from Nigeria’s institutional capacity to enforce them. Encryption, authentication and digital audit trails are only as credible as the institutions managing them. INEC and related agencies have repeatedly faced accusations of poor transparency, weak internal controls and susceptibility to political pressure. Introducing complex digital systems without first resolving these governance issues could concentrate power in fewer hands, making manipulation harder to detect rather than easier to prevent.

Third, the article assumes that electronic transmission automatically reduces human interference. In reality, it merely shifts the point of interference. Manual processes may be vulnerable during transportation, but digital systems are vulnerable at the points of configuration, access control, software updates and server management. These risks are less visible to the public and to political parties, which could deepen mistrust rather than build confidence—especially when technical explanations are used to justify discrepancies.

The NSE’s argument also downplays the legal and political consequences of technical failures. In a highly polarized electoral environment, even minor glitches can become grounds for widespread rejection of results. Courts may struggle to adjudicate disputes rooted in software errors, server logs or connectivity failures, areas where judges, lawyers and parties often lack technical expertise. This could prolong electoral disputes, not shorten them, contrary to the Society’s claims.

Moreover, citing international examples without accounting for context is misleading. Countries that successfully use electronic result transmission typically have stronger institutions, higher digital literacy, more stable infrastructure and clearer legal frameworks. Transplanting such systems into Nigeria without comparable foundations risks policy imitation without capacity—a pattern that has repeatedly failed in other sectors.

Finally, the Senate’s concerns were not a rejection of progress but a caution against compulsion. A phased, optional or hybrid approach would allow Nigeria to test, audit and build trust in electronic transmission while retaining manual safeguards. Making real-time electronic upload mandatory nationwide, before resolving infrastructural, legal and institutional weaknesses, could turn technology into a new source of exclusion and controversy.

In sum, while electronic transmission has potential benefits, the NSE’s position prioritizes technological idealism over political and institutional realism. Electoral credibility in Nigeria will not be secured by software alone, but by building trust, accountability and resilience—areas where technology can assist, but should not be imposed prematurely as a cure-all.

The National Assembly is very right especially with all the Scandals now coming out from
the Epstein files suggesting that Russia tampered with the US Elections that ushered in Trump by
hacking into the Email Servers of Trump’s opponents including Hilary Clinton and using the information to smear them

Simple logic 🤷🏽‍♀️

SmartPolician:
No fewer than 500 crooks cannot hold 230 million people hostage! It won't happen!

A government that taxes and tracks it's citizens on digital platforms consistently.

Yet claims it cannot count votes electronically.

Even if they eventually allow it. INEC would say they cant implement it in the 2027 elections.

RichBoy247:
Let the Engineers go and conduct the elections nah. Shameless people dey call themselves Engineers, ordinary bicycle dem no make from 1800 till date, na election dem wan engineer

Why are you dead scared of electronic transmission of results?

Only criminals and fraudsters are against real-time electronic transmission of results.

Tareq1105:
Can you tell me the achievements of Nigeria Society of Engineers since its establishment?

Chinese companies are doing all the work they supposed to do. Have they produced bicycle? Any flyover to their credit? Have they produced any useful machines? Even their own personal car, can they fix it? They're talking of e transmission as if they can produce the machine or operate it.

I agree with you so there for E transmission shouldn't be mandatory that's your point right because that's the bedrock of this argument

Gajagojo:
By nature I fact check everything

Who spoke on behalf of the society? Name
How? Face to face , internet or telephone
When ? Date


Did th society meet have a discussion and release a statement?


None of these questions is addressed in this article


Does not mean it is not true?

It could be true but it lacks substance
But like I. Said I fact check everything


I do not believe this story based on its content and presentation

I expect a denial in the coming days

Dey play. I am a member of the NSE and the President himself shared the post. It's even in a national daily or what more proof do you want?
Nflpmod

E be like say na Trump go solve this issue last last.

Nigerian Civil societies should lobby Trump to force Tinubu and Akpabio to enact Mandatory Electronic transmission of votes, as is done in the USA.

Trump is the only person that they listen to..

He knows how to put the fear of God in them.

Complaints to or against moderators must be sent privately. Please don't disobey, disrespect, or defame them.

This electronic transmission of result thing, let me throw another perspective and help the everyday man who already uses Nairaland appreciate what the govt is denying.
So there are 774 LGAs in Nigeria and i will be using average of 500 polling untis per LGA.

That 387,000 units total. Now imagine each unit was a Nairaland User. Each units needs to Request Access, Validate Credentials and Create session for the sole purpose of logging in their totals. Ask yourself, will it be possible for 387,000 members to do that over a period of 3 hours?

I used 3 hours because all units cannot conclude ballot counting same time.

The govt is obviously lying.