The senate President, Ahmad Lawan has disclosed that the upper legislative chamber will consult with the house of representatives on the electoral bill in January.
According to him, the consultation with the house will be done in January because the lower legislative chamber has already proceeded on recess.
He indicated this on Wednesday after a closed session with the lawmakers.
Lawan said the chamber will consult with the reps on the next line of action seeing as President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to the electoral bill.
“In a closed session, the senate deliberated on matters relevant to the workings of the senate in particular and the national assembly in general,” he said.
“The senate, also in the closed session, discussed how to respond to the letter by Mr President on the electoral bill amendment.
“The senate consequently resolved to consult with the house of representatives in January both the senate and the house will be in session.
“Presently the house of representatives has gone on recess and we all know the constitutional provision to jointly take the appropriate action. The senate also resolved to consult with our constituents.”
Compulsory direct primaries for political parties and electronic transmission of election results are among the amendments proposed by the national assembly
