The Nigerian Senate has approved the report of the conference committee on the amendment bill of the Electoral Act.

During plenary on Tuesday, the Senate also approved that all political parties must now use the direct primary mode in picking candidates.

This followed the adoption of a motion moved by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, at the plenary.

The Senate and House of Representatives had, in July, passed different versions of the document.

In its submission, the upper legislative chamber proposed either direct or indirect party primary while the House of Representatives made direct primary compulsory for all parties.

During the debate, the Senate also empowered the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to determine whether the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) can proceed with the plan electronic transmission of election results.

But the lower legislative chamber did not confer the Commission with such powers.

The Senate provisions had irked Nigerians, leading to the formation of the conference committee to address the anomalies.

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The senate must be very wicked if they did that

Direct primary is invitation to rigging, chaos and anarchy

Andy Uba’s election is a good case study