The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday, said contrary to reports doing the rounds, it had not discarded the electronic transmission of election results.
The Commission’s spokesperson, Mr Festus Okoye, in a statement, said INEC was not contemplating reverting to the manual process of result transmission.
In a brief statement entitled: “Clarification On Electronic Transmission Of Election Result,” Okoye said the confusion regarding what method had been adopted stemmed from a recent short interview granted to a national newspaper on the procedure for result management during elections.
According to him, “Some have interpreted the explanation on result management procedure to mean that the Commission has jettisoned the electronic transmission of result and reverted to the manual process.
“This is not correct,” the INEC spokesperson said.
He stated: “For clarity, the procedure for result transmission remains the same as in recent governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States. There will be no change in all future elections, including the 2023 General Election.”
“There will be no change or deviation in subsequent elections,” Okoye assured Nigerians.
He said that “the entire gamut of result management is provided for in Sections 60, 62 and 64 of the Electoral Act 2022.
“In line with the provision of the law, the Commission, in April this year, released a detailed clarification of the procedure for transmission, collation and declaration of result which was shared with all stakeholders and uploaded to our website.”
Okoye, who doubles as Chairman of INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee, on behalf of the Commission appealed to all Nigerians to avail themselves of the provisions of the Electoral Act and the Commission’s detailed explanation of the procedure and not reach a conclusion on the basis of media headlines.
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