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Senate approves conference committee report on electoral bill
The senate has approved the conference committee report on the electoral act amendment bill.
The report was approved after Yahaya Abdullahi, senate leader, moved a motion today.
The senate and house of representatives passed different versions of the bill, and this led to the setting-up of a conference committee.
In July, the senate empowered the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to determine the electronic transmission of election results.
The provision caused an outrage, with many calling on the senate to follow the example of the house of representatives which adopted the use of technology “where practicable”.
In the conference committee report, both chambers of the national assembly empowered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to determine the best mode to transmit election results.
The electoral commission will now have to decide how to transmit election results — either electronically or manually.
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