The National Assembly, has passed the much-anticipated Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 after both the Senate and the House of Representatives deliberated extensively on the report of the Conference Committee on the bill.

The passage followed the consideration of the report of the Conference Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on the bill.

In line with customary legislative procedures, the two chambers had in September set up Conference Committees to reconcile disparity in the versions of the bill as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, on October thirteenth, constituted a seven-man conference committee to meet with their counterparts in the House of Representatives to harmonize the differences in the Senate and House versions of the bill.

The Senate Leader, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi who chaired the Conference Committee in the Senate, presented the report on the harmonized version of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2021.