A constitutional amendment proposal seeking a minimum age requirement of 35 years for future presidential aspirants has been submitted before the House of Representatives for consideration and adoption.

The proposal is part of a report of the fourth alteration of the 1999 Constitution laid before the House by the Lasun Yusuf- headed Constitution Review Committee on Thursday, last week.

The report is scheduled to be considered and adopted through electronic voting on Tuesday and Wednesday next week after which the House will proceed on its annual recess.

The age qualification provision comes under a bill entitled “An Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,1999 to reduce the age for qualification for the offices of the President and Governor and membership of the Senate, House of Representatives and the State Houses of Assembly, and for other related matters.”

It is the product of a coalition of 53 Civil Society Groups which presented it to the House as the “Not too young to run bill.”

The current minimum age required to run for presidential office in Nigeria is 40. The report also pushes for Nigerians from the age of 25 years to be allowed to seek election into the state assemblies and the House of Representatives, down from the current 30 years.
http://politicsngr.com/2017/07/23/reps-propose-minimum-age-requirement-35-years-presidential-aspirants/
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I'm just imagining having the likes of Yahaya Bello of Kogi state as a president.

If They Wish They Shud Bring It down To 20yrs....


Lugards Courtyard Must Be Balkanized...

Enough Of The Ingratitude Of The North

I Will Take Ds Rogue Reps Serious, Wen They Launch Enquiries As To D Fitness Or Odawise Of D Jihadist To Continue In power

something for Zombies to masturbate on

they are reducing it cos most of their children that recently graduated from abroad universities can come and continue from where their rogue parents stoped


Referendum is all we want...


BIAFRA must come

I thought the minimum age the NASS is seeking was 30 years for president and governors, and senators; 25 years for House of Assembly members and members of the House of Reps?

Anyway, I think 30 years is too young for someone to be a president. Instead, the minimum age for the presidency should be 36-37. People with, at least, 13 years life experience after completing higher education, should be the ones to contest the highest office in the land.

I'm more interested in the maximum age requirement especially with current events now.

They should first set the maximum at 60/65yrs.

Amend all nah! Maximum age nko?