Accountable Democracy

Supreme Court dismisses Adeleke, PDP's Appeal, Affirms Oyetola's Election https://punchng.com/breaking-supreme-court-dismisses-adeleke-pdps-appeal-affirms-oyetolas-election/ ( Source: Punch Newspapers) Commentary In an earlier blog( see below) I made some whispers Now the judgement is out And we can shout it on the roof top Sadly, it appears the case was decided on technical grounds And some of the substantive questions not necessarily answered So we wait for another day But now we can make some propositions Statistical calculation is tied to the notion of "valid votes" Or how do we determine the "highest valid votes" except by calling evidence? If some votes are truly invalid(e.g. multiple voting, void,etc), then the Tribunal can make the declaration in Sec 140(3) However, where there are no votes at all- as a result of outright cancellation in some units It is frightening if the tribunal will infer a winner from ...

House of Reps to commence e-voting July 3- Gbajabiamila https://newsdiaryonline.com/house-of-reps-to-commence-e-voting-july-3-gbajabiamila/ ( Source: Newsdiary) Commentary The evil that men do live after them the good is oft interred with their bones or so said William Shakespeare If electronic voting will work in Nigeria The primary affirmers- The National Assembly needs to feel its evil and good And that first hand Electronic voting supplemented by  strong manual control is required to ensure accountability and transparency The best of both worlds is what the nation requires © 2019. Felix O. Omosele