Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has said the Senate will amend the Electoral Act.
Lawan said the Senate will examine the flaws of the 2019 general elections as well as subsequent elections and proffer solutions for future elections.
He made this comment during an interview with reporters in Abuja on Monday.
“We are going to amend the Electoral Act. We have had the 2019 elections, reruns and by-elections like the one held on Saturday. We should be looking at where there are challenges and what we need to do to provide legislative interventions going forward. This is going to occupy our minds,” he said.
This comes after three attempts to amend the Act failed as President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill three times. He cited drafting issues among other reasons for rejecting the bill.
Mr Lawan said the Senate will focus on ways to tackle insecurity across the country. All hands must be on deck to ensure we bring back a better security structure than before, he said.
“Presently, the story is not good. In so many areas, you have happenings that are destabilising. We will work with the executive and other tiers of government, state and local to change the way we approach the security.
“Obviously, the system has not been working effectively and efficiently and we have to do something. This time around, there should not be by-passing, we have to be forthright, we have to say it as it is and do things as it is required.”