Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- The Senate on Tuesday rescinded its earlier decision on Clause 28 of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, reducing the period within which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must publish a notice of election from 360 days to 180 days.

It re-amended the clause to provide that INEC shall publish a notice of election not later than 300 days before the date of the election.

The upper chamber said the rescission became necessary after it discovered errors in about 22 clauses of the bill, including Clause 60, which prescribed that electronic transmission of results be optional rather than mandatory.

With the new provision, the presidential and National Assembly elections may now be conducted in December 202...