Musa Na Allah Sokoto
Former speaker of the House of Representatives and serving Governor of Sokoto state, Rht. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal urged National Assembly to do the right thing for Nigerians on electronic transmission of election results in respective of political platform.
Tambuwal made the call when he addressed a press conference at the NUJ Press Centre Sokoto.
According to Tambuwal, since “the international community, INEC, the entire civil society and almost all the political parties are in support the electronic transmission of votes, members of the national assembly should be guided by the wishes of their constituents who should be their ultimate arbiters in democracy.”
He noted that “It is in the national interest to bequeath to Nigeria an Electoral Act that would contribute to free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria irrespective of party platform.”
He said that “It is a credible, free and fair election that would ensure the voters decide electoral contest,” he cited the Governorship elections of Edo and Ondo state which results were transmitted electronically.
“The Edo and Ondo states elections where electronic transmission of votes cast from the unit level ensured that the voters’ wishes were respected are good examples, saying that PDP won in Edo and APC won in Ondo as a result of that.”
