Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- Bayelsa West Senator, Seriake Dickson, has said he does not support the Senate's inclusion of a caveat in the amended Electoral Act allowing Form EC8A to serve as the primary means of collation in the event of internet failure.

Mr Dickson, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), argued that the clause weakens the country's electoral framework, particularly regarding the call for mandatory electronic transmission of results from polling units.

He stated that lawmakers had initially agreed during committee deliberations to adopt the House of Representatives' version, which provided for mandatory electronic transmission of results, but that position was altered during plenary.

The senator made this known in a s...