The Senate will today Tuesday to hold an emergency plenary session amid rising national outrage over its handling of amendments to the Electoral Act, particularly the controversial decision to drop the clause mandating real-time electronic transmission of election results.
The extraordinary sitting, convened less than a week after the passage of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2026, comes as pressure mounts from civil society organisations, opposition figures, labour unions, professional bodies, regional leaders, and a swelling youth movement that has taken its anger to the gates of the National Assembly.
The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, is expected to preside over the plenary, which will be attended by the remaining 105 senators