The Senate Rule Amendment: Power Play or Institutional Reform? – HallowMace

An Unbiased Analysis by HallowMace Foundation Africa. In a move that has sent ripples across Nigeria’s political landscape, the Nigerian Senate under the leadership of Senator Godswill Akpabio has amended its Standing Orders to restrict eligibility for presiding and principal offices strictly to lawmakers who have served at least two consecutive terms. At face value,…

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The Senate has tightened its eligibility rules for senators-elect seeking principal and presiding offices

The sweeping changes, adopted after a closed-door session that lasted about three hours, restrict eligibility for presiding offices in the 11th National Assembly to ranking members of the current 10th Senate who win re-election in 2027, effectively shutting out first-time entrants and returning politicians outside the present Assembly. Presiding offices in the Senate are the…

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