Electoral Act: We Reflected Yearnings Of Nigerians, Not Noise Makers — Akpabio

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said the National Assembly reflected the genuine aspirations of Nigerians in the recently signed Electoral Act and not the wishes of those he called noise makers.
Speaking at the State House after President Tinubu signed the bill into law, the Senate President described the new electoral law as a historic and painstaking piece of legislation, adding that lawmakers were patriotic and thorough in their approach.

Akpabio said his colleagues were mindful of the peculiarities of the Nigerian environment while resisting undue external interference.
He said the National Assembly was happy and satisfied that it had been able to interpret the intentions and yearnings of the majority of Nigerians, “not those who are politically motivated, not a few people who make noise. Noise is different from lawmaking.”

He said the new law would usher in greater transparency, prosperity, and fairness in future elections.
He also highlighted the formal recognition of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System result viewer, popularly known as the IReV, as a legitimate and verifiable record of polling unit results in the new law.

He added that electronically transmitted election results, in areas with poor network coverage, would ultimately reflect on the IReV portal once connectivity is restored, which would make it possible for Nigerians to detect any alteration of results as they move from polling units to collation centres.

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