FORMER Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday wondered why the National Assembly members were afraid of electronic transmission of election results when the Independent National Electoral Commission said it had the capacity to do it.

Fayose, who asked the National Assembly not to see the amendment of the Electoral Act as personal.

The former governor spoke in a statement titled, ‘Electoral Act amendment: Fayose cautions National Assembly against usurping powers of political parties, wants electronic transmission of results reconsidered’ issued in Ado Ekiti, on Sunday.

He said, “If INEC is saying that it has the capacity to transmit results electronically anywhere in Nigeria, what then is the National Assembly afraid of? Why is the National Assembly presenting itself before Nigerians as a cog in the wheel of free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria?

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“Most importantly, if the Point of Sale machine is being used for financial transactions everywhere in the country, why can’t we also have an electoral process in which voters will be accredited strictly with card readers and results will be transmitted electronically from the polling units?”

Fayose further said “The National Assembly members should not allow their personal interest to drag the country’s democracy into a hitch because if care is not taken, we will be having many court cases on our hands concerning the Electoral Act, thereby putting the 2023 general elections in jeopardy.

“The National Assembly should also avoid playing into the hands of the President, bearing in mind that the same President refused to sign amendments to the Electoral Act in the past.”