Reps Mull Independent Candidacy As Bill Passes First Reading

Reps Mull Independent Candidacy As Bill Passes First Reading …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

The House of Representatives at plenary on Thursday passed for first reading, a Bill seeking an alteration to the 1999 Constitution (as amended), to allow independent candidates to stand for elective offices in future elections.

The proposed legislation is titled, “A bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As amended) to allow for the participation of candidates who are not sponsored by political parties in the presidential,…

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