The Senate has introduced that it’s going to maintain an emergency plenary on Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
The announcement was made on Sunday in a press release signed by the Clerk of the Senate, Emmanuel Odo, who stated all senators have been requested to attend the sitting.
“The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has directed the reconvening of plenary for an emergency sitting on Tuesday, February tenth, 2026,” the assertion learn.
The session is scheduled to begin at 12 midday.
This comes simply days after the Senate handed the Electoral Act (Modification) Invoice on February 4, however voted down Clause 60(3), which might have required presiding officers to electronically transmit election outcomes from polling items on to the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee’s Consequence Viewing portal in real-time.
The rejected clause aimed to make the method necessary.
The lawmaker changed it with the present discretionary “switch” of outcomes, which permits digital transmission solely after votes are counted and publicly introduced at polling items.
Civil society teams and opposition figures have condemned the Senate’s resolution, labelling it a setback for Nigeria’s democratic progress.
Senate President Akpabio has, nonetheless, defended the chamber’s actions, insisting throughout a public occasion that the Senate didn’t reject digital transmission and vowing to not be intimidated.
Tuesday’s emergency sitting may see the Senate rethink the rejected modification amid public outcry and potential authorized challenges from figures equivalent to human rights lawyer Femi Falana, with potential implications for Nigeria’s democratic processes and the steadiness between incumbency protections and verifiable voting expertise.
