This is how the House of Representatives
concluded voting on 33 major bills to amend
several parts of the Nigerian constitution.
The House decision on the bills follows the
vote by the Senate on them on Wednesday.
During their vote on Thursday, the House of
Reps members joined their Senate
colleagues to support the #
NotTooYoungToRun bill that reduces the
age qualification to run for major elective
offices.
An aide to Speaker Yakubu Dogara said the
speaker helped to rally colleagues to
approve that bill.
“This bill is in the interest of the youth
which we must empower because if we
empower them we are empowering the
future generation,” Mr. Dogara was quoted
as saying by Turaki Hassan.
Other highlights of Thursdays votes are that
the House disagreed with the Senate on
come crucial matters such as retaining state
independent electoral commissions (which
the Senate wants scrapped) and devolution
of powers to the states which the Senate
rejected.
See the full details of how the House voted
on each of the 33 bills, as provided by Mr.
Hassan, below:
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Bill 1: Members of the Council of States To
Include former Senate President & House of
Reps Speakers as members.
Yes – 274
No – 6
Abstain – 2
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Bill 2: Reduction of Authorization of
expenditure Before Budget Passage from 6
to 3 months
Yes: 295
No: 0
Abstain: 0
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Bill 3: Devolution of Powers to States
Yes: 210
No: 71
Abstain: 0
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Bill 4: Financial Autonomy for State
Legislature.
Yes: 286
No: 10
Abstain: 1
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Bill 5: Financial Autonomy to LGAs
Yes: 291
No: 12
Abstain: 1
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Bill 6: Democratic Existence Funding and
Tenure of LGAs
Yes: 285
No: 7
Abstain: 1
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Bill 7: State creation and boundary
adjustment
Yes: 166
No: 125
Abstain: 3
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Bill 8: Immunity for legislators for Words
Spoken in Chamber or in Committee
Meetings in Course of Duty
Yes: 288
No: 10
Abstain: 1
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Bill 9: Political Parties and Electoral Matters:
Time to conduct Bye Elections and Power to
deregister parties
Yes: 293
No: 2
Abstain: 1
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Bill 10: Presidential Assent To Constitution
Amendment Bill
Yes: 248
No: 28
Abstain: 4
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Bill 11: Time frame for submission of names
of ministerial nominees
Yes: 248
No: 46
Abstain: 1
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Bill 11b: Submission of Ministerial Nominees
with their Portfolios
Yes: 248
No: 46
Abstain: 1
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Bill 11c: 35% affirmative action for women
as ministers
Yes: 248
No: 46
Abstain: 1
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Bill 11d: Submission of Commissioners
Nominees with their Portfolios
Yes: 248
No: 46
Abstain: 1
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Bill 11e: Submission of names of office of
commissioners shall be attached with
portfolio
Yes: 248
No: 46
Abstain: 1
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Bill 11f: 35% Affirmative action for women
as States Commissioners
Yes: 248
No: 46
Abstain: 1
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Bill 12: Appointment of Minister from the
FCT
Yes: 191
No: 21
Abstain: 3
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Bill 13: Change of names of some LG
councils: Ebonyi, Oyo, Ogun, Plateau and
Rivers.
Yes: 220
No: 57
Abstain: 8
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Bill 14: Independent Candidacy
Yes: 275
No: 14
Abstain: 1
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Bill 15: The Nigeria Police Force to become
Nigerian Police
Yes: 280
No: 9
Abstain: 1
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Bill 16: Restriction of the Tenure of
Presidents and Governors
Yes:292
No: 3
Abstain: 3
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Bill17: Separation of office of Accountant
General of the Federal Government from
Accountant General of the Federation
Yes:274
No: 23
Abstain: 2
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Bill 18: Financial Independence for Office of
Auditor of Federation/State
Yes: 289
No: 11
Abstain: 0
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Bill 19: Separation of Office of the Attorney
General of the Federation/State from the
office of Minister/Commissioner of Justice
Yes: 234
No: 58
Abstain: 3
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Bill 20: Submissions from the Judiciary
Yes: 265
No: 6
Abstain: 7
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Bill 21: Determination of pre-election
matters.
Yes: 288
No: 3
Abstain: 1
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Bill 22: Consequential Amendment on Civil
Defence
Yes: 293
No: 2
Abstain: 1
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Bill 23: Citizenship and indigenship
Yes: 208
No: 78
Abstain: 2
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Bill 24: Procedure for Overriding
Presidential Veto in Constitutional
Alteration
Yes: 271
No: 20
Abstain: 0
