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By Lawrence Agbo
Senate President Godswill Akpabio is confident that President Bola Tinubu will sign the amended Electoral Act into law in a few weeks.
Akpabio made this known on Tuesday during an emergency plenary session as the lawmakers formed a committee to integrate and harmonise its version of the bill with the one passed by the House of Representatives, which has triggered protests at the National Assembly complex.
“I believe that if you are able to conclude within this —in the next few days or one week— the President should be able to sign this amended Electoral Bill into an Act of Parliament within this month of February,” the Senate president told the lawmakers.
“So I wish you a worthy deliberation with your colleagues.”
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He informed the Senate that the 12-member committee will collaborate with the House of Representatives to harmonise the versions of the measures that were approved by both houses.
Akpabio asked the committee to take the work as a “matter of urgency”.
“The conference committee, when you meet, you should recognise that this is a matter of urgency,” he added.
Akpabio further explained that the expansion of the committee followed “consultation with the leadership” and in a bid to be “together with our colleagues in the House of Representatives.”
