The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has disclosed that amendments to the rejected electoral bill will be reintroduced to the House of Representatives on Wednesday, January 19.
The Speaker, who made the disclosure in his address to welcome members of the House back from the 2021 Christmas holidays at the plenary on Tuesday, said the nation cannot afford to “throw the baby with the bath water” as far the electoral bill was concerned.
Mr Gbajabiamila further stated that it was left for the House to either stick to the direct primary mode or rework the bill and retransmit it to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent.
He also described as appalling the argument or submission that lack of proper membership registration of the political parties was amongst the reason for rejecting the bill.
