The Senate and the House of the Representatives have amended the Electoral Act Amendment bill empowering political parties to determine the procedure for the conduct of primary elections.

Senator Yahaya Abdullahi and Rep Abubakar Hassan Fulata reintroduced the bill in both the Senate and House of Representatives during plenary on Wednesday.

President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to the Bill over the provision of direct primaries as the sole mode of conducting political parties’ primaries