 The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday reconsidered some clauses of the Electoral Act as amended, empowering the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to determine the best way to transfer election results. The upper chamber also ruled that political parties seeking to nominate candidates for elections shall hold direct primaries for aspirants to all elective positions, which will be monitored by INEC. Following a heated debate on the floor at plenary on Tuesday, following a motion by the leader of the Senate, Abdulahi Yahya, the Senate has decided to amend some clauses of the Electoral Act. The amendment includes the clause that empowers INEC to determine best ways to transfer electronic results, as well as that all political parties should adopt direct primaries for all aspirants to all elective positions with INEC supervising. The Senate recalls that Electoral Act No. 6, 2020, revealed only in bill 2021, was passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives recently, observed that after critical examination of the bill, some fundamental issues would require fresh legislative action on the following clauses, 43, 52, 63 and 87 were observed, desires of the need to address the observations of the committee, and the line on order 1B and order 53, 6 of the Senate's standing order, this Senate resolves to rescind the decision on the affected clauses of the bill, as passed, and recommit same to the Committee of the Whole for Father Legislative Action. I so move. Senate of Smart Adeyemi and Shuai Blau, however, oppose direct primaries due to its huge cost. Abduffatai Buhari, Adamu Aleru and Okwemi Bamidele all supported it, stating that it is the best means of selecting credible candidates by political parties. I stand to differ on the issue of the clause that we are reversing, and asking us to conduct, asking them to come and vote, will require a lot of enlightenment rather than having the indirect that would limit the numbers of those who participate in primary relations. This is a move that will strengthen and deepen our democracy. This is a move that will make the electoral process very transparent and acceptable. It will make the electorate to vote according to their conscience, it will give them choice. I really believe that if this our democracy will be strengthened, if this our democracy will grow, and if we are going to be able to take it to anything close to global best practice standards, it is time for us to adopt direct mode of primaries. By this resolution, the Senate has tactically backed the Commission on its decision to transmit results electronically. A bill for an act to repeal the electoral act and enact the electoral act 2021 and for other matters connected there with 2021, third reading taken and the bill is passed. Recall that both chambers of the National Assembly had earlier rejected electronic transmission of results while passing the electoral act, but the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC had always insisted that it has the capacity to do it.