The Senate has thrown out a Bill to amend the Electoral Act 2022 seeking to allow political parties nominate and replace validly elected candidates in the event of resignation, death or vacancy (of seats) of serving members in National Assembly (NASS) and State Assemblies and for connected matters.
The sponsor of the bill, Senator Karimi Sunday, explained that the bill will primarily avoid waste of public resources on conducting a fresh election in the federal and state constituencies.
The lawmaker, however, failed to convince a significant number of his colleagues in his argument of the validity of this move.
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, thereafter gave him an opportunity to withdraw the bill or amend it, which he declined.
