The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened total boycott of the 2027 elections if the amendment of the Electoral Act 2022 does not mandate real-time electronic transmission and collation of election results.
Orijoreporter recalls that the decision of the Senate to retain the existing discretionary provision which allows the Independent National Electoral Commission, to determine the manner of transmitting election results instead of mandatory real-time electronic transmission has sparked public outrage.
NLC issued the boycott threat in a statement its president, Joe Ajaero, released.
“Nigerian workers and citizens are watching closely. The NLC is working within its networks to advocate for clarity and integrity. We will not stand by while the trusts of Nigerians are betrayed again and the clarity of our electoral laws compromised.
“Failure to add electronic transmission real-time will lead to mass action before, during and after the election or total boycott of the election. Our nation must choose the path of clarity and integrity,” Ajaero said in the statement titled, ‘The Senate Must Come Clean Now: Electoral Integrity at Stake’.
