President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured that the chamber would expedite action on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill having concluded all consultations on the President’s response.
Lawan gave the hint on Tuesday in an address delivered at the start of the plenary to welcome Senators back from the Christmas and New Year break.
He recalled that the Senate postponed discussions on the consideration of the response of President Muhammadu Buhari on the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill in December last year.
He said this became imperative to enable the chamber to consult with its counterparts in the House of Representatives and their Constituents, respectively.
According to him, the chamber would expeditiously look into the Electoral Bill having concluded all the needed consultations on the President’s response.
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“As we all know, the Senate and indeed the National Assembly worked so hard on the Bill. Having consulted, the Senate will expeditiously look into the issue”, he said.
The Senate President further assured that the upper chamber would continue to give the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the required support through legislative interventions to ensure that the Commission succeeds in the conduct of the 2023 general elections.
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Lawan also tasked standing committees to strategise on ways to effectively oversight Ministries, Departments, and Agencies of Government to ensure the thorough implementation of the 2022 budget passed by the National Assembly in December last year and signed into law by President Buhari.
The Senate President assured that the Senate would develop a strategy of engagement with revenue-generating agencies on how to make them achieve their targets and generate more revenues in 2022.
According to him, this would reduce the country’s dependence on external borrowing to fund critical infrastructural projects.
“The Senate will ensure that we boost their revenue-generating drive with a view to reducing borrowing for development of our much-needed infrastructure. This is a major challenge for our development and we need to treat it as such”, he said.
On plans by the chamber to review the 1999 Constitution, he said, “Our Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution has done so much work so far.
“Working with their counterparts in the House of Representatives the report of the Committee will be presented to the Senate for consideration soon.
“The Senate will consider the report and the National Assembly will communicate to the State Houses of Assembly within the first quarter of this year.”
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