The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a bill seeking to empower the National Assembly to be able to remove governors and deputy governors from office “in appropriate circumstances.”
The bill is seeking to delete the proviso of section 11 (4) of the constitution which already specified that the national assembly could take over state house of assemblies in times of crisis.
The sponsors of the bill are Edward Pwajok from Plateau and Ali Isa from Gombe respectively.
But after the motion was moved for the bill to be read the second time by Pwajok, lawmakers kicked against it saying it would make the federal legislature too powerful and create tension in the country.
Ayo Omidiran (APC, Osun) said it was a waste of time debating the bill, saying “we don’t need to waste our time on it. This bill wants to make National Assembly members to be…
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