The members of the Nigerian House of Representatives will hold an emergency plenary today to concur the decision of the Senate on the electoral bill following yesterday’s amendment by the red chambers.
Yahaya Danzaria, Acting Clerk, House of Representatives, disclosed this in a statement on on Tuesday.
He submitted that the emergency session will be on the bill
It would be recalled that the Senate had amended the electoral bill to allow the statutory delegates to be delegates at indirect primaries.
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The upper chamber had given the bill an expeditious passage on Tuesday, however, the House of Representatives is yet to resume after the Easter break.
The bill, if passed, will amend section 88(4) of the electoral act, making the president, governors, local government chairmen and other statutory delegates part of indirect primaries.
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan had disclosed that the bill will be passed by the House on Wednesday for fast transmission to the President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.
It is worth adding that most political parties will soon commence primaries in the next couple of days.
The Senate has amended Section 84 (8) of the Electoral Act 2022, which will enable statutory delegates participate in political parties’ congresses and conventions.
The current version, which was assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari, in February this year, prevents statutory delegates from taking part in party primaries.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that Statutory delegates include councillors, local government chairmen and vice chairmen, political party chairmen in all the 774 Local Government Areas, state and federal lawmakers, governors and their deputies, president and vice president, political parties’ National Working Committee members, state party chairmen and secretaries.
The Red Chamber amended the clause after considering a bill sponsored by Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege during plenary on Tuesday.
