{"id":82491,"date":"2026-02-07T07:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T07:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82491"},"modified":"2026-02-07T07:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T07:16:14","slug":"nigeria-not-yet-ready-for-real-time-electronic-result-transmission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/07\/nigeria-not-yet-ready-for-real-time-electronic-result-transmission\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Nigeria Not Yet Ready for Real-Time Electronic Result Transmission&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Dr. Mustapha Lecky, has said Nigeria is not yet legally or technically prepared to implement real-time electronic transmission of election results ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Lecky said while technology remains important for improving the electoral process, Nigeria\u2019s current infrastructure, legal framework and political environment are still inadequate to guarantee secure, real-time transmission of results from polling units.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that adopting the system prematurely could create more problems than it solves.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks come amid controversy surrounding the Electoral Act Amendment Bill at the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate recently rejected a proposal seeking to mandate real-time uploading of results from polling units, a decision that has sparked widespread debate.<\/p>\n<p>Critics, including civil society groups and electoral reform advocates, argue that clear statutory provisions for instant result transmission are necessary to strengthen transparency and public confidence.<\/p>\n<p>However, Lecky maintained that network limitations, legal gaps and logistical challenges must first be addressed before the country can successfully deploy real-time electronic result transmission nationwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Dr. Mustapha Lecky, has said Nigeria is not yet legally or technically prepared to implement real-time electronic transmission of election results ahead of the 2027 general elections. Lecky said while technology remains important for improving the electoral process, Nigeria\u2019s current infrastructure, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1755,172,186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-82491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2027-general-elections","category-news","category-politics","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82493,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82491\/revisions\/82493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}