{"id":82638,"date":"2026-02-11T06:19:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82638"},"modified":"2026-02-11T06:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T06:19:28","slug":"pdp-blasts-senate-over-e-transmission-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/11\/pdp-blasts-senate-over-e-transmission-clause\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP Blasts Senate Over E-Transmission Clause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the Senate\u2019s decision on electronic transmission of election results, describing it as a \u201cbackdoor plot\u201d capable of undermining electoral transparency.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, the party faulted the Electoral Act amendment, particularly the provision allowing manual transmission of results where electronic upload fails.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP argued that while the Senate approved electronic transmission, retaining manual alternatives creates loopholes that could be exploited to manipulate results.<\/p>\n<p>It said Nigerians had demanded strict real-time electronic transmission from polling units to boost credibility and reduce post-election disputes, warning that any clause that weakens the requirement could erode public confidence.<\/p>\n<p>The party urged the National Assembly to adopt a clearer and stronger provision during the harmonisation process between the Senate and the House of Representatives, ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate\u2019s position has continued to draw mixed reactions from political stakeholders and civil society groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the Senate\u2019s decision on electronic transmission of election results, describing it as a \u201cbackdoor plot\u201d capable of undermining electoral transparency. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, the party faulted the Electoral Act amendment, particularly the provision allowing manual transmission of results where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1755,192,172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2027-general-elections","category-inec","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82638","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=82638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82640,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82638\/revisions\/82640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}