After the presidential election petition tribunal recently ruled that electronic transmission of results was not mandatory provision of the Electoral Act, as amended in 2022, the Senate has called for amendment of the electoral act to remove ambiguity in it.
Although the Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC) had advertised the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) and the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV) as key components of Nigeria’s electoral system ahead of the 2023 general election, the electoral umpire would after the polls deny that the Electoral Act makes electronic transmission of results to the IReV portal compulsory.
