The House of Representatives during the plenary today has rejected for the second reading a bill seeking to provide a single term of six years for president and governors. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere(PDP Imo state) and 33 others. Accordingly, the Bill seeks to provide that, all elections should be held on the same day as well as other provisions.
The bill was titled, “A Bill for an Act to Alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) to create a single term of six years for the office of President and State Governors, recognize the division of Nigeria into the six Geopolitical zones, provide for the rotation of the office of President, State
Governor and chairman of a Local Government Council among the Inherent regions and zones, and provide that all elections be held on a single day and for Related Matters (HB. 1511)”.
The Bill was introduced for second reading by the lead sponsor, Rep. Ugochinyere and seconded today which was out rightly rejected by the lawmakers.
However, when the bill was put into voice vote by the Speaker, Abbas Tajuddeen, there was a loud ‘Nay’ from the members.
The Speaker therefore announced that, the ‘Nays’ had it which means that, the bill was rejected and failed to scale through second reading.
