Constitution Amendment: Nigerian Senate Considers 33 Bills
Nigerian Senate just reviewed and considered 33 BILLS from the report of the Committee on #ConstitutionReview
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Bill 1: Members of the Council of States.
Yes – 93
No – 1
Abstain – 1
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Bill 2: Authorization of expenditure.
Yes: 93
No: 1
Abstain: 1
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Bill 3: Devolution of Power
Yes: 90
No: 5
Abstain: 0
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Bill 4: Financial Autonomy of State Legislature.
Yes: 90
No: 5
Abstain: 0
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Bill 5: Distributable account for Local Governments to have their own special account
Yes: 84
No: 8
Abstain: 1
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Bill 6: Democratic Existence funding and tenure of LG council
Yes: 88
No: 7
Abstain: 1
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Bill 7: State creation and boundary adjustment
Yes: 47
No: 48
Abstain: 0
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Bill 8: Immunity for legislators for Acts in Course of Duty
Yes: 93
No: 1
Abstain: 0
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Bill 9: Political Parties and Electoral Matters : Time to conduct Bye Elections and Power to deregister parties
Yes: 90
No: 0
Abstain: 0
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Bill 10: Presidential Assent
Yes: 95
No: 1
Abstain: 0
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Bill 11: Time frame for submission of names of ministerial nominees
Yes: 75
No: 19
Abstain: 0
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Bill 11b: Submission of Ministererial Nominees with their Portfolios
Yes: 78
No: 16
Abstain: 1
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Bill 11c: 35% affirmative action for women as ministers
Yes: 49
No: 43
Abstain: 2
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Bill 11d: Submission of Commissioners Nominees with their Portfolios
Yes: 84
No: 7
Abstain: 0
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Bill 11e : Submission of names of office of commissioners shall be attached with portfolio
Yes: 87
No: 8
Abstain: 0
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Bill 11f: 35% Affirmative action for women as States Commissioners
Yes: 61
No: 35
Abstain: 0
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Bill 12: Appointment of Minister from the FCT
Yes: 77
No: 12
Abstain: 3
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Bill 13: Change of names of some LG councils: Ebonyi, Oyo, Ogun, Pleateau and Rivers.
Yes: 84
No: 2
Abstain: 2
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Bill 14: Independent Candidacy
Yes: 82
No: 5
Abstain: 3
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Bill 15: The Nigeria Police Force to become Nigerian Police
Yes: 87
No: 2
Abstain: 1
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Bill 16: Restriction of the tenure of President and Governor
Yes: 88
No: 0
Abstain: 1
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Bill17: Establishment of Accountant General of the Federal Government different from Accountant General of the Federation
Yes: 89
No: 0
Abstain:0
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Bill 18: Separation of Office of the Attorney General from the Minister/Commissioner of Justice
Yes: 95
No: 1
Abstain: 1
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Bill 19: Separation of Office of the Attorney General from the Minister/Commissioner of Justice
Yes: 95
No: 1
Abstain: 1
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Bill 20: Submissions from the Judiciary
Yes: 95
No: 2
Abstain: 1
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Bill 21: Determination of pre-election matters.
Yes: 97
No: 0
Abstain: 0
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Bill 22: Consequential Amendment on Civil Defence
Yes: 97
No: 0
Abstain: 0
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Bill 23: Citizenship and indigenship
Yes: 49
No: 46
Abstain: 0
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Bill 24: Procedure for Overriding Presidential Veto in Constitutional Alteration
Yes: 92
No: 4
Abstain: 0
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Bill 25: Removal of law making power from Executive Arm.
Yes: 89
No: 3
Abstain: 0
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Bill 26: Investment and Securities Tribunal
Yes: 76
No: 14
Abstain: 5
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Bill 27: Reduction of Age for Election
Yes: 86
No: 10
Abstain: 1
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Bill 28: Authorization of expenditure time frame for laying Appropriation bill, Passage etc
Yes: 94
No: 0
Abstain: 0
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Bill 29: Deletion of the National Youth Service Corps decree from CFRN
Yes: 88
No: 3
Abstain: 0
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Bill 30: Deletion of Public Complain Act from CFRN.
Yes: 90
No: 1
Abstain: 2
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Bill 31: Deletion of National Security Agencies from the CFRN
Yes: 92
No: 2
Abstain: 0
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Bill 32: Deletion of land Use Act from CFRN
Yes: 46
No: 44
Abstain: 0
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Bill 33: Deletion of State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from CFRN
Yes: 73
No: 19
Abstain: 2
