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BREAKING: Senate begins emergency session on Electoral Amendment Act
The Senate on Tuesday began an emergency plenary session to discuss the contentious amendments to the Electoral Act.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio is presiding over the session, which comes amid protests at the National Assembly complex. The demonstrations followed the rejection of a clause that would have required real-time electronic transmission of election results.
Very Nigerian reports that the extraordinary sitting comes less than a week after the passage of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2026, and amid mounting pressure from civil society organisations, opposition parties, labour unions, professional bodies, regional leaders and youth groups who accuse the lawmakers of weakening the credibility of future elections.
Recall that Nigerian youths on Monday converged in Abuja for the ‘Occupy National Assembly’ protest against the rejection of e-transmission of election results by the Senate. Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023, Peter Obi, led the protest on Monday.
Former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, joined the protest on Tuesday.
They protesters carried placards and chanted slogans demanding the reinstatement of electronic transmission provisions and greater transparency in the legislative process
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