Again INEC, NASS bicker over electronic transmission of election results

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“That is absolutely unconstitutional. You cannot ask INEC to seek the approval of another agency of government to transmit results electronically when actually INEC has power to impose duties on NCC to achieve electronic transmission of results.'

The Independent National Electoral Commission and the National Assembly on Tuesday countered each other over the right to electronic transmission of election results.

“I completely agree that in the context of underscoring the independence of the commission, section 160 of the Constitution has done everything it needs to do. What is left is for INEC to use the power it has under the constitution to achieve its aim,” INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Electoral Operations and Logistic Committee, Okechukwu Ibeanu, reportedly said at the commission’s third quarterly meeting of INEC with media executives in Abuja.

However, at Tuesday’s meeting with the media executives and civil society organisations, INEC’s Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, reiterated the commission’s intention to forge ahead in making electoral mechanisms more credible as he introduced Bimodal Voter Accreditation System . “INEC, in implementing the law, becomes independent pursuant to the constitutional provision. He should not muddle the independence of INEC with that of its agency’s operations, as to the legislative competence of the National Assembly to stipulate framework for elections.

 

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