The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed through the first reading a bill, seeking to amend the 1999 constitution to provide for a single term of six years for the Offices of the President, State Governors and Local Government Areas Chairmen to curb wastages occasioned by four years periodic elections.

The private member bill was sponsored by the member representing Ideato North/Ideato South Federal Constituency, Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere and 50 other lawmakers.

The proposed bill seeks to alter Sections 7, 135, 137, 180 and 182 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

Clause 2 seeks to amend Section 7 of the Principal Act by inserting a new subsection (5) immediately after the extant subsection 4 and before the extant subsection 5 as follows, “(5) A holder of the office of a Local Government Chairman shall vacate his office at expiration of a period of six years commencing from the date such holder was elected into office.”

Ngwamankillyou2:
Let obi finish first before your yeye bill.

Aonkuuse:
Nigeria has started another useless thing..... There is hunger in the land, now look at what the Senate is debating on

Killerofpigs:
When Jonathan Proposed this Agbado and their Northern Masters refused and claimed that Jonathan is looking for tenure extension.

Now it's TIMIBU and it's alright abi..

When things will happen.. a civil unrest that will be very bloody will. Wake these foolz up..

People are taking notes..

ElSudani:


Jonathan did not propose anything. The report of a conference was delivered to him and he failed to implement it.

Killerofpigs:
When Jonathan Proposed this Agbado and their Northern Masters refused and claimed that Jonathan is looking for tenure extension.

Now it's TIMIBU and it's alright abi..

When things will happen.. a civil unrest that will be very bloody will. Wake these foolz up..

People are taking notes..

Noneroone:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14303055

Killerofpigs:
When Jonathan Proposed this Agbado and their Northern Masters refused and claimed that Jonathan is looking for tenure extension.

Now it's TIMIBU and it's alright abi..

When things will happen.. a civil unrest that will be very bloody will. Wake these foolz up..

People are taking notes..

Southerna:
They should pass bills that will make the life of the people better.

VinnyBaba:
∆ This Bill if passed, is Far BETTER than Local govt Autonomy and New National anthem.
It means DULLLARDS like Buhari and Overhyped MISFITS like Tinibu WON'T rule for 8 yrs.

Akwamkpuruamu:
I support this bill. You can't compare six years suffering to eight years suffering