 The Senate has passed the harmonized version of the electoral act amendment bill. The version passed by the lawmakers during a plenary is a final one agreed between the Senate and House of Representatives on the amendment to clause 84 of the bill. The Senate president Ahmed Lawan who presided over the plenary stated that both chambers have agreed to give a clear and sufficient definition for each mode of primaries and how they should be conducted. Meanwhile the House of Representatives added consensus as another option for nomination open to political parties while electing candidates for political offices in the electoral act amendment bill 2021. This was announced by the Speaker Honourable Femi Bajabiamila at plenary after lawmakers reconvened from an executive session to fashion out ways out of the controversy surrounding the electoral act bill. Chairman House Committee on Media and Public Affairs Honourable Benjamin Kalu said the lower chamber decided to concur with the upper to ensure how many though the president never asked for it in its later two board chambers. Where a political party is unable to secure the written consent of all aspirants for the purpose of a consensus candidate it shall revert to the choice of direct or indirect primaries for the nomination of candidates for the aforesaid elective position. See a special convention or nomination Congress shall be held to ratify the choice of consensus candidates at designated centers at the national, state, senatorial, federal and state constituencies as the case may be carried. The political party that adopts the consensus candidates shall secure the written consent in possession of written consent of all aspirants for the position indicating their voluntary withdrawal from the race and their endorsement of the consensus candidate. And we went on to say in B where a political party is unable to secure the written consent of all clear aspirants for the purpose of a consensus candidate it shall revert to the choice of direct or indirect primaries for the nomination of candidates for the aforesaid elective position. And even after being that there is still another option that is underconditioned but is found in sub three, which is paragraph C that says a special convention or nomination Congress shall be held to ratify the choice of consensus candidates at designated centers at the national, state, senatorial, federal and state constituencies. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates