Bayelsa Assembly rejects 2 proposed amendments

Yenagoa

The Bayelsa State House has rejected two provisions out of the 15 proposed for consideration and voting on the 4th alteration to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The Assembly, which considered the 15 provisions, rejected the issue of independent candidacy and the removal of a president or Governor sworn-in to complete the tenure of an elected President or Governor elected to office more than a single term.
Moving the motion for the desolation of the House into a Committee of Whole,the leader of the State Assembly, Dr. Peter Akpe, noted that the exercise is the contribution of Bayelsa people into the processes of constitutional amendment.
Though there was no room for extensive debate, the members voted in the affirmative for 13 provisions including the total support for the change of the Nigerian Police Force to the Nigerian Police.
It also the abrogation of the State Joint Account for Local Government Council and the empowerment of councils to maintain and operate special account with a provision to make savings in the Federal Account before distribution to other accounts.
The Assembly members also supported the issue of immunity clause for members in respect to words spoken during plenary sessions on the floor of the House.

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