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President Muhammadu Buhari Transmits the Nigeria Startup Bill to the National Assembly for Passage
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the Nigeria Startup Bill, 2021 to the National Assembly for consideration and passage. In his letter dated, 21 February 2022, which was read on the floor of the Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday, 1 March 2022, President Buhari stated that the Nigeria Startup Bill seeks to position Nigeria’s […]
March 3, 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari Writes To The National Assembly Seeking Amendments To The Electoral Act, 2022
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate and House of Representatives seeking amendments to the recently signed Electoral Act, 2022. In his letter, dated 28 February 2022, President Buhari requested for an amendment to section 84(12) of the Electoral Act, 2022, noting that this provision is in direct conflict with the 1999 Constitution (as […]
National Assembly Votes on Sixty-Eight Constitution Alteration Bills
The Senate and the House of Representatives at the plenary session of Tuesday, 1st March 2022 voted on Sixty-Eight 5th Constitution Alteration Bills that bordered on good governance, devolution of powers, local government autonomy, minority rights and interests, judicial reforms, electoral reforms, public revenue, women inclusion in governance and other issues which were of national […]
PLAC Expresses Disappointment with National Assembly’s Vote on Women Bills
Issued: Wednesday, 2nd March 2022 Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) is disappointed at the National Assembly’s rejection of five key Constitution Alteration bills aimed at improving women’s rights and political representation. In February 2022, the Constitution Review Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, after painstaking work and lobbying by civil society and […]
March 2, 2022
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