A bill to provide for the office of the Prime Minister as head of government and the office of the President as head of state has passed second reading in the House of Representatives.
The bill to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, is among 32 Constitution amendment bills that scaled second reading on Thursday.
Included in the bills is an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to provide for specific seats for women in the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly.
Additionally, a bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to reduce the lengthy period for determination of pre-election petition matters and provide for the establishment of pre-election tribunals for pre-election matters and regulate the process of suspending a member of the national assembly from legislative duties is among those that the second reading.
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