The
bill seeking to reduce the age qualifications for the positions of President,
governor and senate in the country to 30 years, yesterday successfully passed
second reading in the House of Representatives.
The
bill, which also makes provision for independent candidacy into the country’s
electoral process, further reduces the age qualifications to contest for the
House of Representatives and State Houses of Assembly to 25 years.
The
Bill is an alteration of section 65, 106, 131 and 177 of the 1999 constitution
which had prescribed qualification into the office of President to 40 years and
above, office of governors and senate, 35 years and above as well as House of
Representatives and state Houses of Assembly to 25 years and above.
In
his lead debate, the sponsor of the bill, Tony Chinedu Nwulu representing
Oshodi-Isolo 11 Federal Constituency of Lagos State, on the platform of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, noted that electing candidates into public
offices was an important aspect of democratic practices.
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