Deborah Akinyosoye
A bill to remove the immunity conferred on the vice president, governors, and their deputies has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives.
The bill aims to curb corruption, eradicate impunity, and enhance accountability in public office.
Asides the bill, 39 constitutional amendment bills also scaled second reading.
One of such is the Bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to qualify the immunity conferred on the president, remove the immunity conferred on the vice president, governors, and their deputies, to curb corruption, eradicate impunity, and enhance accountability in public office.
Also scaling second reading is the Bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to separate the offices of the Attorney-General of the Federation, Attorney-General of a state from the offices of the Minister of Justice of the Federal Government and Commissioner for Justice of the Government of a state.
Another notable bill is the Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to grant citizenship rights to spouses of women from Nigeria, specify the minimum number of youths and women that may be appointed into specific offices.