The Nigerian Senate says it will finalise its deliberations on the Electoral Act Amendment in the coming week.
President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio stated this on Thursday after a closed session of the senate where senators deliberated on the consideration of the report on the bill.
The Senate at the Thursday’s Plenary received and considered the report of the Committee on Electoral Matters on the Electoral Act, 2022, (Repeal and Enactment) Bill, 2026.
Godswill Akpabio said the senate had set up a small committee to collate and distil lawmakers’ views on the Bill for further deliberation.
“The senate has set up a small committee to further make contributions, galvanise, distil all the opinions of distinguished senators and present them to us for final deliberation on Tuesday,” he said.
He said the committee, not in any particular order of ranking, chose Senator Niyi Adegbonmire, chairman of the senate committee on judiciary and legal matters, as chairman for technical reasons.
Senator Akpabio said the committee also includes Senator Adamu Aliero, Senator Aminu Tambuwal, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, Senator Mohammed Goje, Senator Tony Nwoye and Senator Titus Zam as members.
He said the committee has 48 hours, or at most three days, to conclude its assignment and report back to the senate ahead of the next plenary scheduled for Tuesday, February 3.
Senator Akpabio added that the clerk of the senate will serve as secretary of the committee.