BREAKING: Reps drop election re-ordering bill

Members of the Nigerian parliament attend the 2013 budget proposal presentation by President Goodluck Jonathan at a joint sitting of the parliament in the capital Abuja, October 10, 2012. Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday presented a 4.92 trillion Nigerian naira ($31.3 billion) budget to parliament for 2013, but lawmakers disputed it, calling for a formula that would put less oil cash in the savings pot. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde (NIGERIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - RTR38ZUY

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The house of representatives has dropped the bill seeking to amend the electoral act.

The amendment sought to change the sequence of the election in a way that the presidential election comes last, after the state assemblies/national assembly and governorship elections.

The lower legislative chamber dropped the bill during plenary on Wednesday after Edward Pwajok, a Plateau lawmaker, who sponsored the bill, said he was withdrawing it.

The lawmaker after consultations, he was advised to withdraw the bill.

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