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By Seyi Babalola
Dr Mustapha Lecky, former Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), believes Nigeria is not technically prepared for real-time electronic transmission of election results.
Lecky stated this on Friday during an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today.
His remarks come amid the ongoing discussion over the Senate’s rejection of e-transmission of election results.
The Senate on Wednesday reportedly turned down a proposed change to Clause 60, sub-section 3 of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill that sought to make electronic transmission of election results compulsory.
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Reacting, Dr Lecky said, “It doesn’t really make sense to me that we should be talking about instantaneous transmission of results live as it is happening because we don’t do electronic voting anywhere. Nigeria is not yet ready for that.
“You have to think about those things. Those things must go together. It’s not electronic voting. When we are doing electronic voting, then it can be instantaneous, right?
“So if we are not doing that, people are still coming with papers to put on the ballot box.
“And then you have to count there for everybody to see, one by one, separate them according to the political party, the argument is baseless. We don’t need electronic transmission of election results,” he said.
