Ebun Francis|
The Electoral Act Amendment Bill was on Tuesday passed for third reading by the Senate.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on three different occasions refused assent to the bill citing constitutional and drafting issues.
The passage followed the adoption of the report by the joint Senate and House of Representatives committee on the bill, which was presented the Chairman, Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission, Senator Suleiman Nazif.
The committee had addressed the issues raised by the President in a harmonised, fourth version of the bill.
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, who said passage of the bill was “almost impossible,” expressed hope that the President would assent to the bill when transmitted by the National Assembly.
The bill is also scheduled for third reading in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
More to follow…