Nigeria, May 7 -- The Senate on Thursday rescinded its earlier amendment to the Standing Rules, which mandated that senators-elect must take their oath of office before electing presiding officers on inauguration day.

The upper chamber subsequently re-amended the provision to restore the previous practice, allowing senators-elect to elect the senate president and deputy senate president before taking their oath of office.

The decision means that the first assignment of senators-elect on inauguration day will be the election of the senate president and deputy senate president. The election will be supervised by the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA). Thereafter, the winner of the election will preside over the administration of the oat...