2027: Emir Calls For Electronic Transmission Of Results

For credible and transparent elections in future elections in the country, a prominent traditional ruler in the North, the Emir of Zazzau, Ahmad Nuhu Bamalli, says the federal government must jettison the manual election voting system.

Zazzau is  a former commissioner of the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission, KAD-SIECOM.

According to him, the electronic voting system, where electronic voting machines are used for the election and transmission of results is the best for the country, citing other countries such as the United States, China and Brazil as country which have fully adopted the electronic voting system.

The Emir made the call on Thursday  in Kaduna state during the official launch of the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM) Five-Year Strategic Plan, from 2026-2030, saying the adoption of the electronic system in Nigeria’s election will also lead to efficiency in the country’s electoral process, apart from making the process seamless.

He explained that experiences form other countries have shown that that the electronic voting system is the best, citing for instance, that voting and collation of results will be faster with the system, adding that it may be very expesive but it’s worth it considering the benefits compared to the manual electoral system.

“I am still one of those Nigerians that believe Nigeria needs to move forward. As against manual election, electronic voting machine should be used in every election in Nigeria,” he said.

Bamali’s admonition comes amid ongoing debate in the country on whether the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC , the body responsible for conducting election in the country should solely adopt the electronic transmission of results for the 2027 election.

Major opposition bodies in the country have insisted that election results must be electronically transmitted, even though the extant Electoral Act has made the transmission of election results an open-ended one, which allows INEC the flexibility to adopt either the manual or electronic transmission of election results.