The Senate has announced an emergency plenary sitting for Tuesday amid mounting public outrage over its recent passage of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, particularly the rejection of a clause mandating real-time electronic transmission of election results.
The decision was disclosed yesterday in a statement signed by the Clerk of the Senate, Emmanuel Odo, who said all senators have been directed to reconvene for the session, and according to the notice, the emergency plenary will commence at 12 noon.
Recall that the labour union yesterday accused the Senate of undermining public confidence in Nigeria’s electoral process by failing to clearly state whether electronic transmission of results would be mandatory.
Also, a newly formed coalition of political activists under the banner of the Movement for Credible Elections strongly condemned the National Assembly’s decision to remove mandatory electronic transmission of election results from the proposed Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2026, describing the move as a deliberate act of democratic sabotage.
