Senate spokesman, Yemi Adaramodu, has slammed Nigerians protesting the real-time electronic transmission of election results, saying that citizens always complain about everything.

Naija News recalls that prominent Nigerian politicians, such as the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, and other Nigerians, converged in Abuja for the “Occupy National Assembly” protest against the Senate’s rejection of e-transmission of election results.

Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme, Adaramodu said the protesters have always been there, even for good things.

He said, “Those people you saw on the street are always there, even for good things.

“If you give them a road, they will say it is not wide enough. If you give them electricity, they will say the light is not bright enough.

“It’s the same people on the street, and they will continue to be there.”

Meanwhile, a member of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kenneth Okonkwo, has criticised the Senate over the amendment of the Electoral Act, accusing lawmakers of undermining Nigeria’s democratic process.

Okonkwo made his position known in a statement titled, “Nigerians are duped by the Senate,” shared on his 𝕏 handle on Tuesday, where he faulted the amendment to Section 60 of the Electoral Act.

The amendment permits the electronic transmission of election results but allows manual collation where electronic transmission is deemed impossible.

Okonkwo specifically criticised a proposal by Senator Mohammed Monguno, which provides that manually generated Form EC8A may be used for collation of results if electronic transmission cannot be carried out.

According to him, the provision weakens the intention of electronic transmission by making it optional rather than mandatory.