No be small wahala for Senate o! Dem don approve electronic transmission of election results, but manual collation no come dey go anywhere. Na Tuesday dem hold plenary where 55 senators vote to keep the manual backup, while some of their colleagues, led by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, dey shout against am.
The session no dry, e hot like pepper soup! Na so dem dispute plenty clauses for the Electoral Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2026. Dem first pass am before, but senatorial drama make dem go back and reconsider everything again.
Abaribe, wey be the person wey dey always talk true, don dey try fight for better rules for how our elections suppose go. E remind the Senate about wetin happen last week when he attempt make dem vote on the matter but back down. Senators for di other side no gree make am rest; dem dey abuse him wella.
Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele come call for order like say na church. He talk say make dem allow Abaribe talk because na him right. E don dey clear say tension full everywhere as dem dey argue over this Clause 60 wey dey concern how results go dey transmitted.
Finally, na vote go settle di matter, and as Bamidele don move make dem oppose di manual backup, only Abaribe and 14 odas stand for no manual wahala. But at the end, majority dribble the matter come retain the manual for di elections.
Poco a poco, di decision make am clear say manual results go still dey important if electronic wahala happen like network dey misbehave. So, if dem no fit transmit, di manual Form EC8A go come carry di day.
No go be lie, senators dey chop their own share of ogbono soup, but you know say some lawmakers wey dey vex no let am finish without walking out of di plenary. Dem dey feel say dem dey try reduce the integrity of di elections, especially as di 2027 elections dey approach.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, after di whole drama, thank both sides, say dem show patriotism. But di matter no finish so. Di way di protests dey go for National Assembly, you go know say di people no go gree make dem play them like football for dis elections matter.
So, make we dey watch how dis things go unfold o. E be like say di journey for 2027 elections go get plenty excitement, but we mo dey ready to put dem for check: No be here we go allow any wahala spoil our chance for better governance!
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