Bill seeking to make HND minimum qualification for president scales second reading

Bill seeking to make HND minimum qualification for president scales second reading

- Presidents must now have a minimum qualification of HND before he or she can be qualified, according to a bill before the National Assembly

- For House of Assembly and National Assembly members, they must have a minimum qualification of National Diploma

- The bill has now scaled second reading

The bill that will alter the qualifications of political leaders - National and states Assembly, office of the president and governors in Nigeria - has passed second reading in the senate.

The bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to provide for the amendment of Sections 65 (2) (a), 131 (d), Section 106 (c) and Section 177 (d) therein, to provide for minimum qualification for election into the National and States Assembly, Office of the president and governors, and other related matters, 2020” was sponsored by Senator Istifanus Gyang (Plateau North), The Nation reports.

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According to the bill, anybody seeking the position of Nigerian president must have been educated up to at least HND level or’ its equivalent.”

Also, the bill stipulates that any intending members of the House of Assembly and National Assembly must have been educated to at least National Diploma level or its equivalent.

For governorship position, candidates must have a minimum of National Diploma.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that some civil society organisations have given reasons why they rejected the Armed Forces Bill proposed by the Nigerian Senate.

The CSOs under the aegis of Parliament Watch laid their reasons bare at the end of a one-day Town Hall meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, March 11.

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The CSOs led by Ogenyi Okpokwu said the proposed bill is an invitation to anarchy in Nigeria. A communique signed by Comrade Danelsi Momoh, Comrade Kabir Dallah and two others on behalf of the Parliamentary Watch said that the National Assembly has not shown interest in the affairs of Nigeria.

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Speaking further, Okpokwu said the proposed Armed Forces bill is retrogressive and an attempt to undermine the powers of the Nigerian president who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

He said the entire CSOs present at the event has resolved that the National Assembly is working towards heating up the polity for anarchy.

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