e-Transmission: Nigerians Tasked To Sustain Pressure on National Assembly

Nigerians and particularly the media, have been urged to sustain
the pressure on the National Assembly, federal government and the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the merit of
electoral transmission of election results in the coming 2023
polls.

Chairman, DAS Energy Services, Udu near Warri and politician,
Chief Sunny Onuesoke, made the appeal yesterday in Warri, Delta
State.

Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the National Assembly rejected
the electronic transmission of election results in the amended
Electoral Act.

But Onuesoke disclosed that with the rejection of electronic
transmission of votes by the lawmakers, it is the duty of Nigerians
and the media, as the fourth estate of the realm, to rescue the
hapless masses from the oppressive representation.

He described the action of APC senators in particular as an
assault on the sensibilities of Nigerians, who had looked up to
them for improvement in the electoral process in a manner that
would engender a free, fair and credible process.

According to him, the senators’ claim that the National
Communication Commission (NCC) had declared that only 43 per cent
of the country was currently under effective telecommunications
coverage was false, noting that evidence abounds that GSM phones
are used in all the remote villages of Nigeria including the forest
where Boko Haram, ISWAP and bandits are operating from.

“Even if the NCC’s claims by the senators is true, we have to
start from somewhere and improve on it instead of relying on manual
method of transferring election results which gives room to
manipulations.

“In Nigeria, we use GSM network in transferring money, pay
different kinds of bills, register JAMB, WEAC, NIM, voters and
other activities. Even Boko Haram, ISWAP and bandits use GSM to
communicate with relatives of abducted victims in the remote
forests. Why can’t INEC use it to transfer election results?” he
asked.

Nigerians and particularly the media, have been urged to sustain
the pressure on the National Assembly, federal government and the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the merit of
electoral transmission of election results in the coming 2023
polls.

Chairman, DAS Energy Services, Udu near Warri and politician,
Chief Sunny Onuesoke, made the appeal yesterday in Warri, Delta
State.

Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the National Assembly rejected
the electronic transmission of election results in the amended
Electoral Act.

But Onuesoke disclosed that with the rejection of electronic
transmission of votes by the lawmakers, it is the duty of Nigerians
and the media, as the fourth estate of the realm, to rescue the
hapless masses from the oppressive representation.

He described the action of APC senators in particular as an
assault on the sensibilities of Nigerians, who had looked up to
them for improvement in the electoral process in a manner that
would engender a free, fair and credible process.

According to him, the senators’ claim that the National
Communication Commission (NCC) had declared that only 43 per cent
of the country was currently under effective telecommunications
coverage was false, noting that evidence abounds that GSM phones
are used in all the remote villages of Nigeria including the forest
where Boko Haram, ISWAP and bandits are operating from.

“Even if the NCC’s claims by the senators is true, we have to
start from somewhere and improve on it instead of relying on manual
method of transferring election results which gives room to
manipulations.

“In Nigeria, we use GSM network in transferring money, pay
different kinds of bills, register JAMB, WEAC, NIM, voters and
other activities. Even Boko Haram, ISWAP and bandits use GSM to
communicate with relatives of abducted victims in the remote
forests. Why can’t INEC use it to transfer election results?” he
asked.