Electoral ‘Reform’ And The Shape of Things to Come
By SHEDDY OZOENE Against widespread public clamour for genuine electoral reform — reforms that would significantly reduce, if not eliminate, manipulation of Nigeria’s electoral system — the National Assembly last Tuesday passed the Electoral Bill 2026. Hoisted as a landmark reform, the law retained the single most contentious provision that had drawn public resistance: granting INEC officials discretion to transmit election results either electronically in real time or manually at collation centres.It is this loophole that makes the bill fall short of public approval. It is an electoral reform only in name.If the action of the National Assembly was disappointing,…
