President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed the amended 2022 Electoral Act into law, describing the move as a major step toward strengthening Nigeria’s democracy.

Our correspondent, Raliat Adenekan reports that President Tinubu, who cautioned against over-reliance on technology, emphasized that while technology will play a bigger role, Nigeria’s voting process remains largely manual. Mr President clared that ballot papers will still be issued and counted manually at polling units, with electronic transmission focusing mainly on sending results to central databases and public viewing portals such as IReV.

On his part, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio further explained that even in areas without network coverage, signed polling unit results will serve as the primary record, eliminating tampering once results leave the polling station.

The amended law also provides for direct primaries, empowering party members to select their candidates themselves, and requires fresh elections in situations where a disqualified winner would have previously allowed a less popular candidate to emerge by default.

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