The opposition political parties yesterday charged the National Assembly not to subvert the will of Nigerians or rob the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its constitutionally guaranteed independence by rejecting electronic transmission of results during the 2023 elections.
The political parties, under the aegis of Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), warned members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in both chambers not to subject any of the INEC’s activities to the political whims and caprices of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
Addressing journalists at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, spokesman of CUPP, Ikenga Ugochinyere, said Nigerians would resist any plot to derail the 2023 general elections, and scuttle the ongoing Electoral Act amendment.
CUPP’s call came barely a week after a former president, Goodluck Jonathan, called on both the red and the green chambers to adopt electronic transmission of results in the Electoral Act amendment bill.
Speaking on the ongoing debate at the briefing, Ugochinyere charged members of the National Assembly in the harmonization committee to ensure that the electronic transmission of results sees the light of the day.
“We warn the National Assembly members that God will condemn them and humanity will condemn them if they doctor the Electoral Act amendment process and remove the electronic transmission of results or if they refuse to complete this process within a reasonable time,” he said.
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