The Senate has amended its standing orders to stop first-term Senators from vying for the position of President of the Senate and Deputy President of the Senate.

The amendment of the Rule of the Senate Standing Orders follows a motion moved by the Senate Leader, OPEYEMI BAMIDELE.

With the new amendment to the standing orders of the Senate, first-term senators are now excluded from those qualified or eligible to contest for the position of presiding officers of the upper chamber.

Rule 3 of the Senate Standing Orders as amended now stipulates that any senator wishing to contest for the position of President and Deputy President of the Senate must have spent a minimum of one term in the upper chamber.

The Senate also amended its rules and created an additional nine Standing Committees.