A public affairs analyst, Shehu Mahdi, has asserted that Nigeria possesses the necessary capacity to implement real-time electronic transmission of election results.
Mahdi made the remark on Friday, the 13th of February, 2026, during an appearance on Arise Television, where he addressed the ongoing nationwide debate surrounding e-transmission of election results.
His comments followed the recent decision by the Senate to amend Section 60 of the Electoral Act, permitting presiding officers at polling units to electronically upload election outcomes to the Results Viewing Portal (IREV) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Expressing dissatisfaction with the Senate’s handling of the matter, Mahdi said, “The Senate is toying with the future of Nigeria. We have the resources, manpower, financial capacity, and infrastructure to facilitate the live transmission of results. Enough of the pretence and breach of the law.
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“Let it be on record that the leg dragging and the knee jerking by the Senate in respect of live transmission of election results is an injury to the nation, an injury to democracy, an injury to the local and image of Nigeria.
“If the Senate assumes that Nigeria is not ripe for live transmission of result, when is it going to be ripe? It is more than ripe considering the fact that the Federal Executive Council, the National Assembly had been conducting their meetings and their sessions via Zoom.
“A country where Zoom is a means of communication is a country that is adequately prepared for live transmission of results. Nigeria is fully equipped for e-transmission of election results.”