on Tuesday amended the Senate Standing Rules 2015, and approved a simple majority for the election of presiding officers.
The motion was sponsored by the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Business, Senator Suleiman Sadiq Umar , and the Vice Chairman who is the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi .Senator James Manager , threw his weight in support of a two-third majority for the election of officers.Senator Rochas Okorocha , proposed an amendment for a two-third majority spread across all geo-political zones of the country.
He noted that despite the amendment, there were a number of issues that required further amendment in response to emerging developments which require enhanced rules of practice and procedure for sound legislation to tackle such developments. “Notes that in the face of the Senate Standing Order there exist no provision for Order 4 to 8 and numbering error in Order 95; and
It also amended Order 96 to provide for Senators to be members of not more than seven Committees at a time, while committee membership would consist of not less than seven members and not more that twenty members at most.