By Ubong Sampson
The Nigerian Senate has passed the electoral amendment bill without the clause that provided for the practice of direct primaries by all political parties in the country.
The Senate removed the contentious clause 84 from the Electoral Act Amendment Bill .
The said clause imposes Direct Primaries on political parties, and was expunged at Wednesday’s Plenary after the upper chamber dissolved into the committee of a whole to consider President Buhari’s observations on the Electoral Bill.
The Senate made the necessary amendments in accordance with Order 87 subsection (C) of the senate standing orders.
President of the Senate says other observations sighted by other lawmakers will be reflected at the administrative level before it is sent back to the president for assent.
