Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- Adeniyi Adegbonmire, the chairperson of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee reviewing the amendments to the Electoral Act, has said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not currently have the capacity to transmit election results electronically as demanded by many Nigerians.

Mr Adegbonmire, who represents Ondo Central Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), maintained that electronic transmission of results can only be effective if the electoral commission fully adopts an e-voting system.

He said such a system cannot be achieved in Nigeria at the moment, suggesting it may take two or three years before electronic transmission can be fully implemented.

The senator said...