NCC Allays Fears On Electronic Transmission Of Results, Says Agency Can’t Guarantee 100 Percent Safety

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it cannot guarantee total safety for the electronic transmission of results, explaining that no system is completely safe from hackers.

Federal lawmakers had a rowdy session as debates over the inclusion of electronic transmission of results in the Electoral Act Amendment took centre stage in the chambers on Thursday in Abuja.

But the Executive Commissioner of the NCC, Adeleke Adewolu told lawmakers at the House of Representatives on Friday that while concerns over the electronic transmission of results are genuine, no system can guarantee a 100 percent shield from hacking.

The NCC boss also stated that elections results can only be transmitted by a 3G network, noting that only about 50 percent of the country has 3G coverage.

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He, however, explained that for areas without such coverage, poll results can be recorded and thereafter uploaded in places where there is a network. But Adeleke admitted that this cannot be compared with the real-time upload.

The House of Representatives had failed to reach an agreement over the controversial clause.

At the time of filing this report, of all electronic devices suggested for elections in Nigeria, only the card reader scaled through in the Green Chambers as Reps finally agreed to drop electronic voting and transmission of results, but okayed card readers.

Meanwhile, the PDP caucus staged a walkout to who disapproval on the development, saying that are in.support of electronic voting and transmission of results.