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FORMER Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday wondered why the National Assembly members were afraid of electronic transmission of election results when the Independent National Electoral Commission said it had the capacity to do it.The former governor spoke in a statement titled, ‘Electoral Act amendment: Fayose cautions National Assembly against usurping powers of political parties, wants electronic transmission of results reconsidered’ issued in Ado Ekiti, on Sunday.
He said, “If INEC is saying that it has the capacity to transmit results electronically anywhere in Nigeria, what then is the National Assembly afraid of? Why is the National Assembly presenting itself before Nigerians as a cog in the wheel of free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria? “Most importantly, if the Point of Sale machine is being used for financial transactions everywhere in the country, why can’t we also have an electoral process in which voters will be accredited strictly with card readers and results will be transmitted electronically from the polling units?”
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