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Nigeria: Reps Pass 39 Constitution Alteration Bills for Second Reading

The House of Representatives passed 39 constitutional amendment bills on Tuesday, including one that makes the Court of Appeal the final authority on governorship election disputes.
Lawmakers debated the proposed change to Section 246 of the 1999 Constitution, aiming to shorten the timeline for resolving election disputes.
Another bill establishes the National Local Government Electoral Commission to oversee local elections, promoting transparency and fairness.
Nnamdi Ezechi supported the bill's aim to reduce costs and time in settling election disputes.

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Reps propose Nigerian citizenship for major foreign investors

A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to include citizenship by investment as one of the classes of citizenship in Nigeria, scaled second reading at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The Citizenship by Investment Bill, which is among the Constitution amendment bills presently before the

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Nigeria: Reps Pass 39 Constitution Alteration Bills for Second Reading

In one fell swoop, the House of Representatives on Tuesday passed for the second reading, thirty-nine (39) bills seeking the alterations of the 1999 Constitution as amended.

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Daily Trust

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Constitution amendment: Reps move to stop gov’ship election cases at A/Court - Daily Trust

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed for second reading, a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to make the Court of Appeal the final arbiter in disputes involving governorship, National and State House of assembly elections. The bill is among the 39 constitution amendment bills that were passed through second reading on the floor of the House. The passage of the bills comes as the House prepar…

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Premium Times Nigeria

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Reps pass 39 bills for second reading

The lawmakers referred the bills to the Committee on the Review of the Constitution for further legislative action. The post Reps pass 39 bills for second reading appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

3 days ago·Abuja, Nigeria

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Nigeria: Reps pass bills to review death penalty, LG reforms, citizenship others for second reading - Worldstage

WorldStage Newsonline– The House of Representatives passed for second reading bills seeking to alter the Constitution to review death penalty, ensure Local Government reforms and review indigene and citizen status in the country. The bills were sponsored by the Deputy Speaker, Rep. Benjamin Kalu. The bills which were presented by the Majority Leader, Rep. Julius Ihonvbere (APC-Edo) include a bill for an Act to alter the Constitution to review th…

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Bill to strip President, governors’ powers to proclaim new N/Assembly, state legislatures passes second reading

A bill to strip the President and governors of power to proclaim a new session of the National and state Houses of Assembly was among 39 proposed laws that scaled second reading in the House of Representatives yesterday. The 1999 Constitution confers powers on the President and the governors to issue proclamations to be read by the Clerks of the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly before the inauguration of new lawmakers for legislati…

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