The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, passed an amendment to the Electoral Act 2022 to enable statutory delegates to participate in political parties’ congresses, conventions and primaries.
The bill is titled: “A Bill for an Act to amend the Electoral Act No 13, 2022; and for Related Matters (HB. 1984) sponsored by Hon Abubakar Hassan Fulata.
The Senate had earlier held an emergency meeting on Tuesday to okay the bill.
The amendment is expected to address the issue relating to the mode of primaries for which political parties will conduct primary elections to elect candidates for political offices.
The Act allows political parties the option of using direct, indirect or consensus modes of primaries. It also allows the use of electronic voting and electronic transmission of results.
