Electoral Act: Senate Rush Emergency Meeting Amid Public Fury – What Really Happened?

By: Abudu Olalekan The Senate? Yeah. They called an emergency plenary. Set for Tuesday, February 10. Why? Because Nigerians are roasting them alive. All over that Electoral Act mess. Let’s break it down. Last week—Wednesday, to be precise—the Senate passed an amendment. Or thought they did. They tweaked Clause 60(3). Removed the mandatory real-time electronic…

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Electronic Transmission of Election Results: Ezekwesili warns Senate to stop playing with fire

By: Abudu Olalekan Here’s the truth. The Nigerian Senate doesn’t care about your vote. They don’t care about transparency. They don’t care about fairness. And they definitely don’t care about fixing a broken system that keeps rigging elections in their favor. That’s the message from Oby Ezekwesili, former Education Minister and World Bank VP, in a scathing…

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