Electoral Act Amendment Archives

Battle Lines Drawn Over 2026 Electoral Law as Opposition, Aso Rock Clash

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Opposition political parties and the Presidency on Thursday engaged in a war of words over the Electoral Act 2026, with opposition leaders rejecting the new law and demanding an immediate amendment, while the Federal Government accused them of spreading disinformation. At a press briefing themed “Urgent Call to Save Nigeria’s Democracy”, held at the Transcorp […]

Senate Passes Electoral Act Bill, Retains Manual Backup for Result Transmission

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The Senate has rescinded its earlier decision and re-passed the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, retaining the proviso in Clause 60(3) that permits the manual transmission of election results where electronic transmission fails. The proviso allows presiding officers to transmit results electronically but provides that, in the event of system failure, Form EC8A may be used […]

Senate Holds Emergency Session as Controversy Grows Over Electoral Act Amendments

admin / 3 weeks

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The Senate will hold an emergency plenary session on Tuesday amid growing controversy over recent amendments to the Electoral Act, particularly provisions concerning the electronic transmission of election results. The emergency sitting was announced in a notice issued on Sunday by the Clerk of the Senate, Mr. Emmanuel Odo, following a directive from the Senate […]

Senate Passes Electoral Act Amendment Bill, Retains Existing Rule on Result Transmission

admin / 4 weeks

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The Senate has passed the Electoral Act 2022 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Amendment Bill 2026 through its third reading but declined to approve a proposal that would have made the electronic transmission of election results mandatory. Lawmakers rejected the proposed amendment to Clause 60, Subsection 3, which sought to compel presiding officers of the Independent National […]

Electoral Act Amendment: Senate Sets Up Ad Hoc Committee to Finalise Bill

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The Senate has yet to conclude work on the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Enactment) Bill and has constituted an ad hoc committee to harmonise and distil the views of lawmakers on the proposed legislation. President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, announced the decision on Thursday after a closed session of the upper chamber. […]

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Battle Lines Drawn Over 2026 Electoral Law as Opposition, Aso Rock Clash

Senate Passes Electoral Act Bill, Retains Manual Backup for Result Transmission

Senate Holds Emergency Session as Controversy Grows Over Electoral Act Amendments

Senate Passes Electoral Act Amendment Bill, Retains Existing Rule on Result Transmission

Electoral Act Amendment: Senate Sets Up Ad Hoc Committee to Finalise Bill