Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, said, the National Assembly would ensure the new electoral Act would be used to conduct elections from next year.
Lawan said this on Wednesday while speaking at a public hearing jointly organised by the National Assembly Joint Committee on INEC and Electoral Matters.
Eko Hot Blog understands that the event was meant for stakeholders’ input on “a bill for an Act to Repeal the Electoral Act No. 6 2010(as amended) and enact the Independent National Electoral Commission Act 2020.”
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Lawan said, “I want to assure Nigerians that we will do whatever it takes to give Nigerian’s a befitting electoral act that would ensure a credible, transparent elections, outcomes even before 2023.”
The Senate President seized the occasion to reiterate his earlier promise that the National Assembly would work hard to ensure that the Electoral Reforms Bill was passed by the first quarter of 2021.
He said, “People may chose to accuse us for any other thing but not what we do here.”
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