Bill To Remove Immunity Enjoyed By VP, Govs Scales Second Reading 

On Wednesday, the House of Representatives approved 42 constitutional amendment bills for second reading.

The bill that would remove the vice president’s, governors, and their deputies’ immunity from prosecution would be one of the bills that would improve accountability in public office, combat corruption, and promote impunity.

This came after 39 bills for constitutional amendments passed the green chamber on Tuesday for second reading.

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Among the notable suggestions that came up for second reading on Wednesday are:

A bill to amend the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s Constitution to increase accountability in public office, reduce impunity, and remove the president’s immunity from the vice president, governors, and their deputies, and to end corruption.

A bill to change the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s Constitution to separate the minister of justice from the governor of a state and the commissioner for justice from the governor of a state.

The minimum number of youths and women who can be appointed to specific positions are specified in a bill for an act to change the provisions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s Constitution of 1999 to grant citizenship to spouses of women from Nigeria.

The bills that would create Ijebu, Ife-Ijesa, Tiga, Orlu, and Etiti were also introduced.

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