The Senate, Tuesday passed an amendment to Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act 2022 to enable statutory delegates to participate in political parties’ congresses and conventions.
The senate said it unintentionally omitted the statutory delegates from the version of the Act signed by President Muhammadu Buhari in February.
The Act, before the amendments, prevented statutory delegates from voting during party primaries.
Statutory delegates are councillors, local government chairmen and their deputy, political party chairmen in all the 774 local government areas.
They also included state and federal legislators, governors and their deputies, president and vice-president.
Members of the political parties’ National Working Committee (NWC) and state party chairmen and secretaries also fall in the category.
The Senate amended the clause after considering a bill sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, during plenary on Tuesday.
