President Muhammadu Buhari has finally endorsed the amended Electoral Act that was speedily passed by the National Assembly barely nine days ago. Federal lawmakers apparently ignorant if the fact that the initially passed Electoral Act would bar them from voting in their party conventions speedily passed the amended version. They had shot themselves in the foot while passing the electoral act as they omitted provisions for statutory delegates to participate in the election. Following the omission, both the Senate and House of Representatives last week convened emergency sessions where they amended the act to provide for statutory delegates to vote and be voted for in the forthcoming political parties primaries and conventions. The passage of the amended electoral act was done in an accelerated manner as the bill passed first, second and third reading in a matter of hours. However, President Buhari seemed to have been reluctant to assent to the bill as it was becoming late for INEC to accommodate it. However, with few days left for the primaries to take place, politicians kept mounting pressure on the president to sign it in order to avert crisis. The bill was eventually signed on Saturday, May 21, though this position has not been officially confirmed by the presidency. This position was however confirmed by a member of the House of Representatives Emeka Chinedu, representing Ahiazu/ Ezinihittee Mbaise federal constituency in the House. Chinedu said “I can confirm to you that Mr President signed the bill into law this afternoon and we are all happy about it as it will give us and other statutory delegates the power to vote at the primaries. “The amendment was swiftly done by the national assembly members to legally provide a place in the Act for statutory delegates of political parties to vote during their congresses and conventions. “It will indeed do a lot of good for the upcoming party primaries,” he said