After all the controversies arising from the National Assembly’s handling of the Electronic transmission of election results in the amendment Act, President Bola Tinubu has signed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026 into law.
This follows the passage of the bill by the National Assembly on Tuesday after months of deliberations and the surrounding controversies.
The bill which had generated heated debates in the last one week, saw lawmakers and prominent Nigerians disagreeing over the method for the transmission of results, ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The Senate had on Tuesday passed the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026 but not without a rowdy session as the upper chamber resumed proceedings with a demand for division over Clause 60 raised by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (ADC/Abia South).
However following the controversy,and
rising under Order 72(1), senator Abaribe called for a division on Clause 60(3), specifically concerning the provision that if electronic transmission of results fails, Form EC8A should not serve as the sole basis, calling for the removal of the proviso that allows for manual transmission of results in the event of network failure.
During the division, Fifteen opposition senators stood in opposition, while 55 senators voted in support of it.
On their own, the House of Representatives which had in December 2025, adopted the compulsory real-time transmission of election results to IReV, surprisingly permitted a motion seeking to rescind the decision.
Recall, the ruling triggered protests from lawmakers, who began shouting in objection, prompting the speaker to call for an executive session from where the opposition members staged a walk out.
Reactions to the development from different interest groups are expected soon as many have criticized the current position of the Lawmakers.
