THE Members of the Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives today staged a walkout as lawmakers debated over the Electoral Act Amendment bill.
That, however, didn’t stop the lower chamber from passing the bill like the Senate.
The bill was approved after a clause-by-clause consideration of the bill.
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers had walked out of the chamber over clause 52 of the bill.
Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, led the PDP caucus out of the chamber after raising an objection on the decision to conside tor some clauses despite the fact that a decision had not be arrived at.
He argued that the opposition lawmakers would not sit and watch as their concerns were being ignored.
House Leader, Alhassan Ado Doguwa (APC,Kano), had moved a motion for the bill to be passed and it was seconded by the Deputy Leader, Peter Akpatason.
Ahmed Idris Wase, the Deputy Speaker, presided over the siting.
The house adopted electronic and manual transmission of election results “where and when practicable.”
