Why do real-time election results in Nigeria still meet resistance—even as public trust collapses? This piece looks beyond technology to examine how visibility threatens elite power, exposes informal arrangements, and challenges institutions that survive on delay.

INEC’s election technology delay is often explained with technical excuses, but the real issue runs deeper. This piece examines how fear of transparency, power retention, and strategic postponement keep Nigeria’s elections stuck in a cycle of almost-ready reform.