Interim National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, David Mark, has said Senate President Godswill Akpabio should not speak for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, regarding electronic transmission of election results.
Salient Times reports that Akpabio had justified the decision of the Senate to reject mandatory electronic transmission of election results, claiming that there is no network in nine states in Nigeria.
Responding to Akpabio’s comments, Mark, a former Senate President, said Akpabio and the Senate should pass the law and allow INEC to decide on the issue of electronic transmission of results.
Speaking in Abuja, the former Senate President said Nigerians want electronic transmission of results.
He said: “What the ADC is saying is, pass the law, and there should be electronic transmission. Let INEC decide whether they can do it (real-time electronic transmission) or not.
“Don’t speak for INEC. Speak for the National Assembly. What the public wants is let there be electronic transmission.
“Now if INEC cannot do it, it’s their own problem and not for you to speak for INEC. It’s as simple as that but that is just a by-the-way issue, it’s not a serious issue.”
