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zinaunreal:
We can make that infrastructure available sole for the election. That's not an excuse mr man. Do you know how many transfers are taking place smoothly in Nigeria? Leave that cheap gist for the kindergatens

Naustine:
Ignoramus, see how myopic you are. You think bank downtime usually have something to do with network? Just be embarrassing yourself, have you asked why one branch of a bank will have network downtime while the other branch works smoothly?

Rugal:
You have to wonder if these people think.

energy37:
Let us know your suggestion on what to do if network fails at a polling station.

smartemperor042:
Ask questions about things you are ignorant of before coming out here to disgrace your village people.

I worked as a RATEC officer during the last election, and so I can tell you more about the BVAS machine.

The election results, when uploaded to the machine does not necessarily need to hit the IREV immediately. It can be in the queue and will hit the IREV once it gets a network connection.

Meanwhile, network mapping was done in 2023, and the result published says that the areas without network are less than 3%.
Does that now make sense to you?

hotseat:
There are none so deaf as those who wouldn't listen.

Electronic transmission would work effectively mostly in cities and urban areas where network is mostly available.

In rural and far-flung communities, network is practically non-existent.

So, are we saying those in communities with little or no network coverage should be disenfranchised?

This is why the HoR had to make a u-turn by adopting both electronic and manual method of election transmission.

Since both Houses having come to an agreement, the next thing is to forward the bill to Mr President for his assent and that puts the matter to bed.

Have you heard of offline mode or synchronization before??




@hotseat

energy37:
Let us know your suggestion on what to do if network fails at a polling station.

ChukwuObe:
But why do we have so many dumb people in this country? Any law without a provision if the clause fails is bound to cause and create chaos. Imagine there is no network in Obi's polling unit, will they be happy if the results of the votes are not counted just because the e-transmission is not possible? What happens if some people spend lots of money to buy signal jamming equipment and deploy it in their opponent's region to prevent e-transmission, will they not be crying if the results are voided? Please use your brain. Imagine if card reader was made mandatory when Jonathan biometrics could not be captures, would he have voted without manual option?

ChukwuObe:
But why do we have so many dumb people in this country? Any law without a provision if the clause fails is bound to cause and create chaos. Imagine there is no network in Obi's polling unit, will they be happy if the results of the votes are not counted just because the e-transmission is not possible? What happens if some people spend lots of money to buy signal jamming equipment and deploy it in their opponent's region to prevent e-transmission, will they not be crying if the results are voided? Please use your brain. Imagine if card reader was made mandatory when Jonathan biometrics could not be captures, would he have voted without manual option?

fergie001:
Earlier, there was a rowdy session in the House of Representatives as Hon. Francis Ejiroghene Waive (APC - Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency) had moved a motion for the rescission of the earlier passed Electoral Amendment Bill 2026.

Recall that the House of Representatives earlier passed the Bill on 23rd December 2025, backing Article 60(3): mandatory real-time transmission of results through the IReV portal, a move the Senate passed with a proviso (manual voting when network fails).

Calls by Hon. Waive to recall the Bill caused an uproar in the green chamber prompting an Executive session (behind closed doors).

Returning to resume plenary, the House dissolved into a Committee of the whole chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Okezie Kalu. The Bende-born lawmaker however chose to carry the clauses in 10s (Clause 40-50, Clause 50-60), and hitting the gavel continuously with lawmakers in complete disarray.

Majority lawmakers called for a clause-by-clause review which the Deputy Speaker acceded to. Nonetheless, he however hit the gavel on Clause 60 with a proviso as passed by the Senate (manual transmission where network fails), causing chaos and protest from lawmakers who are demanding he turns down amendments to Clause 60.

Opposition lawmakers are standing and protesting. An unidentified Reps member shouting 'Ole' into the microphone....there is chaos in the green chamber.

Bamidele Salam (PDP- Ede North/Ede South/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency) moves a motion to remove the proviso, seconded by Kingsley Chinda (PDP - Obi-Akpor), it fails with majority 'nays'.

Ugochinyere Ikenga (Imo) moves a motion for an amendment that results transmitted to IReV if successful must tally with Form EC8A, seconded by Ginger Onwusibe (Abia), amendment fails with majority 'nays'.

An unidentified member shouts into the microphone "they have collected money", and members stage walkout.

Minority caucus of the House of Representatives have stage a walkout chanting "APC OLE"

The House subsequently pass the Senate-type manual and electronic transmission of results via voice votes.

fergie001:
Earlier, there was a rowdy session in the House of Representatives as Hon. Francis Ejiroghene Waive (APC - Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency) had moved a motion for the rescission of the earlier passed Electoral Amendment Bill 2026.

Recall that the House of Representatives earlier passed the Bill on 23rd December 2025, backing Article 60(3): mandatory real-time transmission of results through the IReV portal, a move the Senate passed with a proviso (manual voting when network fails).

Calls by Hon. Waive to recall the Bill caused an uproar in the green chamber prompting an Executive session (behind closed doors).

Returning to resume plenary, the House dissolved into a Committee of the whole chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Okezie Kalu. The Bende-born lawmaker however chose to carry the clauses in 10s (Clause 40-50, Clause 50-60), and hitting the gavel continuously with lawmakers in complete disarray.

Majority lawmakers called for a clause-by-clause review which the Deputy Speaker acceded to. Nonetheless, he however hit the gavel on Clause 60 with a proviso as passed by the Senate (manual transmission where network fails), causing chaos and protest from lawmakers who are demanding he turns down amendments to Clause 60.

Opposition lawmakers are standing and protesting. An unidentified Reps member shouting 'Ole' into the microphone....there is chaos in the green chamber.

Bamidele Salam (PDP- Ede North/Ede South/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency) moves a motion to remove the proviso, seconded by Kingsley Chinda (PDP - Obi-Akpor), it fails with majority 'nays'.

Ugochinyere Ikenga (Imo) moves a motion for an amendment that results transmitted to IReV if successful must tally with Form EC8A, seconded by Ginger Onwusibe (Abia), amendment fails with majority 'nays'.

An unidentified member shouts into the microphone "they have collected money", and members stage walkout.

Minority caucus of the House of Representatives have stage a walkout chanting "APC OLE"

The House subsequently pass the Senate-type manual and electronic transmission of results via voice votes.

qtx:
If there is practically no network then let the votes be excluded, it happens in most elections where if certain conditions are not met some votes are excluded. In any case won't it be absolutely insignificant to have a few locations without internet completely? How do bandits make calls from caves and koverns yet communities where humans live don't have network to upload just results? Besides are you aware that uploading a file takes less data size than downloading? These guys are definitely into a dubious plan. Leave sentiments aside and reason as if you are reasonable, not an insult pls

NeckingNgulping:
Wherever e-transmission doesn't work should be cancelled, just like the manual ones that were not thumb printed rightly get cancelled.

Network failure will affect a small fraction of the votes compared to the total number, just like the case of cancelled manual votes that weren't thumbed right. At the end of the day, those cancelled votes become insignificant.

Government should look for a way to strengthen network on that day. No excuse.

Image123:
Democracy is about the MAJORITY.

Calling the majority thieves is not logical but defeatist.

chisomkachy:
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn the alleged money laundering suit it filed at the Federal High Court against Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa.

Naija News understands that the anti-graft did not give any particular reason for its application for withdrawal.

Following the application to withdraw, Justice Nicholas Oweibo discharged the ‘lien/Post No Debit’ placed on Obasa’s three accounts in Standard Chartered Bank.

The accounts are (US Dollars) 0001852063; (Current) 0001852056 and (Saving) 5002309624.

The judge also set aside the ex-parte orders he made on September 15, 2020, which led to the freezing of the accounts.

Recall that the court on September 15, 2020, granted an interim order freezing Obasa’s accounts following the EFCC’s application in a suit marked FHC/LCS/1064/2020.

The agency had said it was investigating the Speaker for the alleged offences of conspiracy, diversion of funds, abuse of office and money laundering.

But Justice Oweibo, on August 16, 2023, heard the application to unfreeze the accounts in his chamber.

During the hearing, the EFCC was represented by Mr. Sulaiman I. Sulaiman, while Obasa was represented by Mr. Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN).

The EFCC lawyer told the court that the application to unfreeze the accounts was pursuant to Section 44(2)(K) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Sections 26, 29 and 34 (1) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004, and under the court’s inherent jurisdiction.

Section 44 of the Constitution concerns constitutional rights to property.

Justice Oweibo held: “It is hereby ordered that an order is hereby granted to the respondent/applicant setting aside the ex-parte orders of this court made on the 15th day of September 2020 upon the ex-parte motion of the Applicant/ Respondent in relation the funds of the Respondent/Applicant domiciled in the accounts stated in the following schedule:

“ACCOUNT NAME, FINANCIAL ACCOUNT INSTITUTIONS, TYPE OF ACCOUNT, 1. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered, (US Dollars) 0001852063 2. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered (Current) 0001852056 3. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered (Saving) 5002309624.

“Issued at Lagos, under the seal of this Honourable Court and by the hands of the Presiding Judge this 16th day of August 2023.”

https://dailytimesng.com/obasa-efcc-withdraws-suit/

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https://wap.nairaland.com/6167844/lagos-assembly-speaker-obasa-efcc#94728150

https://www.nairaland.com/6168612/obasa-court-orders-efcc-freeze#94741534

lailo:
You are right?
But u see that man called Tinubu is wiser than all these mumu parading themselves as opposition. He knows they will deliberately make a mess of the e-transmission so as to have a ground to reject results incase it didnt favour them. It is easier to prove the case of manual records in court than e-transmisiion that someone can employ the Russian hackers to mess up the whole thing once they sense they are losing. They tried it in the last election, that's why Yakubu quickly abandone the real-time stuff. In Tribubal where they can contest the INEC released results, no opposition could present their data in tribunal, all they were contesting were Tinubu didnt have certificate, Shetima was not eligible, Tinubu didnt win Abuja etc.
With the current APC formation and Tinubu preparedness, the opposition figures know that they cant defeat Tinubu. They dont even have 20% chance. Tinubu will use vote buying, oppression, and other tactics and not necessarily result alterations as it has always been done. Opposition cant withstand his vote buying and strategies to win election, only thing they can do is to compromise the e-transmission process by involving foreign agents to interrupt the process. Nigeria technological stamina has not developed to that level to withstand this type of foreign more advaced cyber threat. And lack of patriotism is also not helping unlike in other countries.
I don't know what is difficult in doing your e-transmission and allow people who want to do their manual also do theirs. The two of you can now contest the two processes if there is any discrepancy and present the process you trust in court.
APC didnt say there shouldnt be e-transmission, they are only saying manual should go paripasu, just to checkmate the hacking-prone e-transmission.
But u are supposed to suspect these oppositions who are crying only e-transmission, that manual shouldnt be done simultaneously bcs that's the only process a Russian hacker can never compromise.
Get sense.

zinaunreal:
Have you transfered money manually this year? You need proper help. You need help. You need it very fast

gabbytabby:
You are in the city so only your vote should count.

INEC counters NASS, says nationwide e-transmission of election results possible

July 18, 2021

The commission premised its optimism on the fact that its joint committee made up of telecommunication stakeholders had revised the system and concluded that electronic transmission of results was practicable.

INEC National Commissioner and Chairman (Information and Voter Education Committee), Festus Okoye, expressed these views in an interview with Sunday PUNCH in Abuja.

According to him, INEC was committed to deepening the use of technology in the electoral process and had many times demonstrated it through the creative, innovative and strategic deployment and application of technology in various aspects of the electoral process with the goal of limiting human interference in the electoral process as much as possible.

Okoye said, “INEC has the capacity to transmit election results from the polling units to the Registration Area Collation Centres to the Local Government Collation Centres, the various state, federal and senatorial district collation centres, and the state and national collation centres.

“The Joint Technical Committee constituted by the commission and the Nigerian Communications Commission and made of telecommunication operators met on March 9, 2018, and the consensus was that the requirements for the electronic transfer of results proposed by INEC is practicable. The meeting, therefore, agreed that the solution that INEC wants to deploy is possible.

https://punchng.com/inec-counters-nass-says-nationwide-e-transmission-of-election-results-possible/

Racoon:
This is the disgrace Nigeria has gotten to. Imagine the same HOR that passed the electronic transmission of election results coming back to do this shame and disgrace. These fellas need to be taught some hard lessons.

Christmyhope:
Does e-transmission work in every part of Nigeria in real-time? You really need help because real-time is subject of conversation.

anonimi:
Was INEC talking about cities only in the submission made eight years ago

ChukwuObe:
But why do we have so many dumb people in this country? Any law without a provision if the clause fails is bound to cause and create chaos. Imagine there is no network in Obi's polling unit, will they be happy if the results of the votes are not counted just because the e-transmission is not possible? What happens if some people spend lots of money to buy signal jamming equipment and deploy it in their opponent's region to prevent e-transmission, will they not be crying if the results are voided? Please use your brain. Imagine if card reader was made mandatory when Jonathan biometrics could not be captures, would he have voted without manual option?

hotseat:
There are none so deaf as those who wouldn't listen.

Electronic transmission would work effectively mostly in cities and urban areas where network is mostly available.

In rural and far-flung communities, network is practically non-existent.

So, are we saying those in communities with little or no network coverage should be disenfranchised?

This is why the HoR had to make a u-turn by adopting both electronic and manual method of election transmission.

Since both Houses having come to an agreement, the next thing is to forward the bill to Mr President for his assent and that puts the matter to bed.




@hotseat

AMI3:
Are you telling me that election in Nigeria votes have been counted?
I hope you know what u mean by "dumb"?

I want to tell u that this e transmission of votes will favor the electorates more than the politicians.

Please reason beyond tribes and religion.
Do u think that APC will be in power forever.

If they implement this many politicians will not return
U will see that credible people will be contesting knowing fully well that their votes will be counted

Image123:
We should disenfranchise millions of voters because you stay in the city and think there's network?

gabbytabby:
You are in the city so only your vote should count.

Funkyswagzz:
What is the meaning of your name?