Nigeria Not Ready For Real-Time E-Transmission Of Results – Senator Opeyemi Bamidele

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Senate leader Opeyemi Bamidele has said that Nigeria does not yet have the technical and power infrastructure required to sustain compulsory real-time electronic transmission of election results across the country. He recently had his say via a press statement by his directorate of media and public affairs, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, all of the evidence available to the National Assembly shows that nationwide real-time upload of results cannot be guaranteed under current conditions.

He added that the Speedtest Global Index placed Nigeria 85th among 105 countries assessed for mobile network reliability and 129th out of 150 countries for fixed broadband reliability.

His words, “This is extremely low compared with the UAE, which has 691.76 Mbps; Qatar with 573.53 Mbps; Kuwait’s 415.67 Mbps; Bahrain’s 303.21 Mbps; and Bulgaria’s 289.41 Mbps.

Out of 150 countries, Nigeria occupied 129th position with only 33.32 Mbp.

This shortfall speaks to the state of our power infrastructure and remains a major obstacle to enforcing real-time electronic transmission of election results nationwide.”

WOW.