Politics
THE Nigerian Senate has rejected the proposal for devolution of power in the ongoing consideration of the amendment of the 1999 Constitution.
The amendment had sought to move certain items to the concurrent legislative list to give more powers to the States.
However, during the electronic voting on the amendment of the Constitution on Wednesday, 46 senators voted in support of the proposal, while 48 senators voted against and one abstained.
The Senate has 108 members. – Eagle Online
– July 26, 2017 @ 2:25 GMT /
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