 The Speaker House of Representatives Honourable Femig Bajabiamila has assured Nigerians that the Parliament will address the issues of Electoral Act Amendment Bill upon resumption in 2022. Bajabiamila gave the assurance on Tuesday in his 2021 End of Year speech at Plenary. It was shortly after he read President Bohari's communication to the House on Electoral Act. President Bohari and his communication cited insecurity, manipulation of election and molestation among others, as a reasons for withholding assent to the Electoral Bill. The cost of direct primaries across the 8,809 words across the length and breadth of the country will lead to a significant spike in the cost of conducting primary elections by parties, as well as increase in the cost of monitoring such elections by INEC. Who has to deploy monitors across these words each time a party is to conduct direct primaries for the presidential, the territorial and legislative posts? The addition of these costs with the already huge cost of conducting general elections will inevitably lead to huge financial burden on both the political parties, INEC and the economy in general at the time of dwindling revenues. He however showed that the reasons for declining assent to the bill will be addressed and Nigerians will be given a credible electoral law when the House reconvins after the Christmas break. This year, despite the differences of opinions, all of us in the House of Representatives and indeed the entire National Assembly works to pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. We included in that bill provisions we hoped will significantly enhance the conduct of our national elections and improve public confidence in our electoral outcomes. As it is now, that bill has not received presidential assent and it falls to parliament to decide the best way forward. When we return in the new year, we will resume our efforts to reform the electoral system in our country and we will do it together. That is what the Nigerian people expect of us and we will do our duty for God and country.