If Criminals Can Stream Their Crimes, Why Can’t Nigeria Transmit Election Results?

 By Jude Obuseh

In today’s Nigeria, the contradiction is stark and unsettling. Armed groups in remote forests upload videos in real time. Kidnappers broadcast proof-of-life clips within minutes. Terrorists circulate propaganda across multiple platforms with ease. Yet, when it comes to elections—the very foundation of democratic legitimacy—citizens are repeatedly told that electronic transmission of results is “not always feasible.” 

The question therefore forces itself into the national conscience: if bandits can transmit their crimes live, why can’t the Nigerian state transmit election results electronically? This is not a debate about abstract technology. Nigeria has over 120 million internet subscribers, according to data from the Nigerian Communications Commission, and mobile network coverage extends to over 85 percent of the population. Banks process millions of electronic transactions daily.

2023 Polls: Time To Take Back Our Country

 By Jude Obuseh

Come February 25, 2023, Nigerians will troop en masse to the polls to choose their next crop of leaders – President, Governors and Legislators – at the two levels of government – federal and state. 

For a country currently experiencing excruciating existential challenges that have pushed her to the precipice of implosion, the need for the election of credible, patriotic and altruistic leaders with the sagacity to arrest the country’s dwindling fortunes, cannot be overemphasized. The decisions Nigerians take at the polls on D-Day would be indicative of the direction they want their ship of state to sail in the foreseeable future. History beckons!