Tuesday, October 12, 2021 / 03:10 PM / by Dyepkazah Shibayan of TheCable /Header Image Credit:  BBC

TheCable is reporting that the Nigerian senate hasreconsidered the electoral act amendment bill and has empowered the IndependentNational Electoral Commission (INEC) to determine the best mode to transmit election results.

The electoral commission will now have to decide howto transmit election results - either electronically or manually.

The upper legislative chamber also approved that allpolitical parties must use the direct primary mode in picking candidates.

The Senate approved four clauses in the electoral actamendment bill.

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The post SenateBows to Pressure, Empowers INEC to Determine Transmission of Election Resultsfirst appeared in TheCable.ng on October 12, 2021.  

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