The Red legislative chamber on Tuesday has amended votes and proceedings of its plenary sitting last week Wednesday 4th February, with regards to its resolutions on the provisions of section 60 sub 3 in the electoral act amendment bill.
The resolution came during a full session where senators reviewed proposals to alleviate public anxieties, integrating both approaches into the Electoral Act revisions.
The motion moved by the Senate Chief Whip Mohammed Tahir Monguno and endorsed by the Senate is with regards to transmission of election results from polling units.
Following the motion, senate adopts electronic means for the transmission of election results, but should there be a communication glitch that leads to failure of delivery by the electronic means, the form EC8, which contains the results at polling unit, duely entered on the form, stamped and signed by the election officer and counter signed by the various agents shall be the primary source of collation.
After the vote on the motion, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe moved a counter motion calling for a division, that is individual voting on the section 60 sub 3.
He however withdrew the motion after the Senate President Godswill Akpabio asked him to proceed.
ANN gathered that since yesterday, citizens have mobilized outside the National Assembly, insisting that mandatory electronic uploads are vital to prevent manipulation and rebuild faith in the voting system.
