The Nigeria Senate has quashed a Bill for an Act 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.
Senator Karimi Sunday representing Kogi West Senatorial District, who sponsored the bill, stated that it seeks to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to allow the political party that won an election nominate and replace candidates into National Assembly and State Houses of Assemblies whenever vacancy occurs due to death or resignation of the candidate during the pendency of his tenure in office.
According to the lawmaker, the bill will primarily avoid waste of public resources on conducting a fresh election in the federal and state constituencies.
He was unable to convince his colleagues at the Red Chamber, in his argument of the validity of the bill, promoting the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to ask him to withdraw the bill or amend it but he declined.
Consequently, the bill was quashed in a voice vote.