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Nigerian lawmakers move to create Office of Prime Minister
A bill to create 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.
The bill was 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.
Another is a bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to reduce the 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.
The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which recognized Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP).
In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal lacked the jurisdiction to pronounce Abure as the National Chairman of the LP, having earlier determined that the substance of the case was about the party’s leadership.
The court ruled that issues of leadership are internal affairs of a political party over which courts lack jurisdiction and noted that Abure’s tenure had since expired.
The Supreme Court allowed the appeal filed by Senator Esther Nenadi Usman and one other, declaring it meritorious.
It also dismissed the cross-appeal filed by the Abure faction of the LP for being unmeritorious.
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has disclosed why she used a helicopter instead of road transport for her recent visit to constituents in Kogi State.
Natasha, who represents Kogi Central senatorial district, said her husband advised her to use a helicopter.
The senator made this known on Thursday while fielding questions on Channels TV’s Politics Today programme.
Gatekeeper reported that Akpoti-Uduaghan received a rousing welcome from supporters in Kogi State on Tuesday.
This development occurred despite a government ban on rallies and processions.
Supporters from Kogi Central’s five local government areas gathered early in Ihima, Okehi LGA, to welcome the embattled PDP lawmaker.
She said: “When I saw the prohibition of fishing and water activities, the ban on convoys, and a list of checkpoints that suddenly appeared, barring entrance into my senatorial district—which spans from Ibilo to Kogi via Auchi, Okene, Abuja, Lokoja, Akure, Ikare, and other major roads—the situation was very intense, and I knew there would be trouble. And my husband said, ‘You know what? We can actually get a helicopter to land us right in our compound,’ because we own the land opposite our village home. And that’s how we got in.
“With that move, we broke no law, and the people gathered right in my compound. The road you see us walking through was constructed by me, so it’s not a government road or facility. Therefore, I broke no law. I’m a good citizen of Nigeria, a law-abiding one at that. I’m sure you can attest to that.”
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