SUPPORT: A BILL SEEKING TO LOWER THE AGE FOR CONTESTING ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA SPONSORED BY RT HON TONY NWULU
Support the bill seeking to reduce the age for contesting elections into political offices to accommodate our young people into mainstream politics and policies formulation.
And allowing for Independent Candidacy.
Don't wait to be a Future Leader.....Be the Now Leader.
The House of Representatives has passed for first reading a Bill seeking to lower the constitutional age requirement for contesting for elections in Nigeria. The Bill with gazette number HB. 544 was read and passed for the first time at the House plenary session on Wednesday May 26th, 2016. Rt. Hon Tony Nwulu representing Oshodi/Isolo II Federal Constituency of Lagos state sponsored the bill otherwise referred to as the #NotTooYoungToRun bill.
The bill seeks to alter the Section 65, 106, 131, 177 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) to reduce the age qualification for the office of the President from 40 years to 30 years; Governor 35 to 30, Senate 35 to 30, House of Representatives 30 to 25 and State House of Assembly 30 to 25. The Bill also seeks to mainstream independent candidacy into Nigeria’s electoral process.
#YouthsTakeCharge. #NotTooYoungToRun.
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