Index to Nigerian Newspapers

The two chambers of the National Assembly have harmonised their positions and inserted the "consensus" mode of nominating candidates by political parties for elections in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2010. The House suspended its rules and dissolved into the committee of the whole, presided over by the Chairman and Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, to unanimously adopt and harmonise the proposed law. The new version of the bill will be transmitted to the President in seven days. The Senate President has warned political parties against flouting provisions of the law, threatening that the erring ones stand the chance of not participating in the elections. Senate Leader Abdullahi Yahaya Abubakar sponsored a motion to rescind Clause 84 of the Electoral Act No.6 2010(Amendment) Bill, 2022 and committal to the committee of the whole. The Senate passed the Federal University of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Egbe, Kogi State Establishment Bill for second reading. Senator Smart Adeyemi argued for the citing of the university in Egbe on the availability of the "massive medical facility" at the 70-year-old Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA Hospital). ECWA Hospital was established in 1951 by the Canada-based Sudan Interior Mission (SIM)