The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has rejected the exclusion of electronic transmission of results in the final version of the Electoral Act amendment bill by the National Assembly expected to be passed into law this month.
In a statement, the National Publicity Secretary of IPAC, Ambassador Agbo Major described the move as a coup against the Nigerian people who desire and deserve credible elections.
According to him, IPAC as the umbrella body of the 18 registered political parties in the country and a critical stakeholder had submitted its memoranda on the Electoral Act and Constitution amendments, and demanded for electronic voting system and transmission of results in the quest for free and credible elections in Nigeria.
Ambassador Major, who said electronic transmission of results was the consensus of all stakeholders at various meetings and public hearings, added that the removal was a move by the leadership of the National Assembly to thwart and sabotage the will and expectation of Nigerians.
He urged members of the National Assembly to rise to the occasion, defend the nation’s frail democracy and expunge the Section against electronic transmission of results and that the Bill be passed immediately.
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