Aviation Minister, Festus Keyamo, tackles Nigerian journalists and activists who kick against the newly signed electoral act

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has taken a swipe at some Nigerian journalists and activists who have kicked against the newly signed electoral act and claim they are sharing the views of Nigerians. On Wednesday, February 18, President Tinubu signed the Electoral Act 2026 (Amendment) into law. The new law allows for the electronic transmission of results with a clause that says that election results can be manually tabulated where network failure is noticed in a polling unit. Opposition parties, lawmakers and some others have kicked against it. They argue that the bill should have only permitted for electronic transmission of results. They opined that the clause will only encourage sharp practices during the elections as presiding officers will forge election results manually while claiming they have no network to transmit the results electronically. In a post shared on X this morning, Keyamo took a swipe at the dissenting voices. He wroteIt is amusing to see how some journalists  and core opposition characters, posing as activists, continually express their own deep-seated biases as the wishes of the Nigerian people. How and where did they aggregate the views of the Nigerian people? Perhaps, by the Nigerian people, they are referring to those usual suspects who gather at the entrance of the National Assembly and pose for cameras; or the 15 Senators who voted against the majority of 94 Senators; or the less that 25 Rep members who walked out on the majority of over 300 Rep members; or those vocal few who hop from one TV station to the next everyday; or those who gather under the comment section on social media and vent their spleen – just how did they aggregate the views of the Nigerian people? Nigerians should be alert as we enter an election season. Some journalists and almost every so-called neutral commentator or activist you see or hear in the media are all working for one interest or the other; they just dont have the guts to come out with their full chest to openly support the political party or candidate for which or whom they are working.”  The post Aviation Minister, Festus Keyamo, tackles Nigerian journalists and activists who kick against the newly signed electoral act appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.