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A bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to provide for the office of the Prime Minister as head of government and the office of President as head of state and to provide for a framework for the mode of election to the said offices, has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. &nbsp,

It is among 32 Constitution amendment bills that scaled second reading in the House of Representatives on Thursday.

Also among the bills is a bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to provide for specific seats for women in the national assembly and state houses of assembly.

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Another is a bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to reduce the lengthy period for determination of pre-election petition matters and provide for the establishment of pre-election tribunals for pre-election matters and regulate the process of suspending a member of the national assembly from legislative duties.

A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to review the requirements that qualifies persons to be elected as president and vice-president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, governors and deputy governor, passed second reading as well.

A bill for an act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to review the status of the Federal Capital Territory as regards the election of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and bills for the creation of Wan State and Gobir State also passed second reading.

Prof. Udenta Udenta, the organization’s founding national secretary, charged on Thursday that the Bola Tinubu presidency had weakened democratic principles and used weapons against Nigerians under the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

The Tinubu government’s suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State was criticized by Prof. Udenta, a distinguished fellow at the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought.

You are distorting, diluting, and transmogrifying democratic governance in a way and manner that is shutting down democratic conversations, according to the judiciary, the state’s apparatus, and the system that should protect democratic governance.

On Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily program, Prof. Udenta remarked, “That is what you find the Bola Tinubu president and his political agents’ legacy.”

The scholar claimed that using democratic tools, including the constitution and the judiciary, to undermine them is not to be done with guns.

Democracy perishes when you disregard the foundational principles of democracy and then begin to use the tools you have entrusted to demolish the structures that control the democratic system.

He claimed that “democracy dies or crumbles not by firing a shot; it is aborting democratic rules by using guardrails like the constitution, as was done in Rivers State.”

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Additionally, the scholar charged Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), the governor of Rivers, with suspending all political appointees in the oil-rich state.

He claimed that the only administrator is “strutting around Port Harcourt, dismantling democratic infrastructure.”

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A “hybrid regime that is a part of competitive authoritarianism” being used to “manacle the spirit of a nation and abort democratic institutions at all levels,” according to Prof. Udenta, is what is carried out in Rivers State, including labor unions, media houses, political parties, and civil societies.

Prof. Udenta expressed regret over the decline in Nigerians’ quality of life over the past two years. He lamented that the country is plagued by widespread hunger and poverty, with escalating food inflation stealing the average Nigerian’s income.

Missing is Mrs. Bisola Kola-Daisi, the 42-year-old eldest child of Abiola Ajimobi, the late former governor of Oyo State.

According to Persecondnews, she passed away in London, United Kingdom, on March 27 after a brief illness.

Bisola and Kolapo Kola-Daisi, a bank executive and politician from Ibadan, had three children together.

In Nigeria’s upscale retail sector, Bisola was a well-known entrepreneur. She was Grandex Nigeria Ltd., a premier FMCG retail and wholesale chain founded in 1984, as its managing director.

In a male-dominated industry, she also founded Florence H. Luxury, carving out a niche for herself.

Bisola also served as the Special Adviser to Atiku Bagudu, the country’s minister of budget and planning, in addition to her professional duties.

She was regarded as a fervent supporter of women’s empowerment and economic development.

Her husband called her “a shining star” whose legacy would be passed down to their children.

With the approval of four new members, President Bola Tinubu has reorganized the Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).

According to Persecondnews, this move aims to promote local content creation and participation in the oil and gas sector.

The new hires are expected to fill vacant positions in the oil and gas sector and use their expertise to promote local content development.

The appointment of four new members to the Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), according to Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, on Thursday was announced by Tinubu.

Mr. Olusegun Omosehin of the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and Engr. Barrister Owei Oyanbo from the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mazi Sam Azoka Onyechi from the Nigerian Content Consultative Forum, and Ole Ogunsanya from the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN).

Representatives from important organizations, including the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NPPRC), and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), make up the NCDMB Governing Council, which was established under the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act, 2010.