Polls reordering: Senate re-introduces Electoral Act amendment bill

The Senate has begun a fresh move to amend the Electoral Act
2010.

A new bill on the amendment is to be presented and passed for
first reading today, according to the Order Paper for today’s
plenary.

The House of Representatives had re-introduced the bill last
week.

The first version of the bill, which was introduced in the House
of Representatives, had been passed by the National Assembly but
vetoed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The bill had sought to reorder the sequence of polls during a
general election, which generated controversy over the allegation
that it was targeted at Buhari in the 2019 elections.

The Senate has begun a fresh move to amend the Electoral Act
2010.

A new bill on the amendment is to be presented and passed for
first reading today, according to the Order Paper for today’s
plenary.

The House of Representatives had re-introduced the bill last
week.

The first version of the bill, which was introduced in the House
of Representatives, had been passed by the National Assembly but
vetoed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The bill had sought to reorder the sequence of polls during a
general election, which generated controversy over the allegation
that it was targeted at Buhari in the 2019 elections.