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.Drinosblog Reports.


Culled From; http://drinosblog..nl/2017/07/reps-to-set-minimum-age-requirement-of.html

Buhari 73years

OVI75:
Buhari 73years

Donald Trump 71years

Nice one. But can they also set the maximum at 60?

Tolexander:
Donald Trump 71years

Donald trump has a functioning brain

Not a brain attached to life support machine

Jengem:


Donald trump has a functioning brain

Not a brain attached to life support machine

you know what fate can befall Donald Trump after a year in office?

Tolexander:
you know what fate can befall Donald Trump after a year in office?

Whatever it is, the entire world will be carried along

Unlike the skeleton of daura that only his uncle abi nephew and a few cabal insiders know what is going on

Tolu ogunlesi must be wondering if he will decamp to wailers publicly by now

Zoo. If they like, let them appoint Kanu's 3-year-old as the president of One Naijeriya, we're still leaving.

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That is still not ok...

To me, I believe that a president should have completed Executive MBA because if you don't know how to successfully run a business, you have no business running a country.

All ministers MUST have PhD to show that they know a lot in the vast section they are being deployed.

All federal executives should have MBA and all state governors should have BSc plus reliable working experience.

All state legislators MUST have HND while all councillors must have OND...

Chairmanship should be a minimum of Junior Secondary.

Running a country or a local government is more than what we think...

That is my stake

the problem is not minimum age requirement but maximum age requirement...looking at the one we currently have or not have, our reps still think the problem is minimum age requirement. Its not like we've had any one within 40-50 in office since 1999

Wetherby it's 35 or 65 it does not count

Cabals own the position already

they should increase minimum wage instead

Nah play una dey

Jengem:


Whatever it is, the entire world will be carried along

Unlike the skeleton of daura that only his uncle abi nephew and a few cabal insiders know what is going on

Tolu ogunlesi must be wondering if he will decamp to wailers publicly by now

U can give your life to lick Buhari's shoe. Yet you're foaming at the mouth as if ur papa don ever become ordinary councillor

Lol

i will be president soon

Future lies.


Why this our Reps useless like this?


We have people aged 70 and above in the House Of Reps they want President to be 35.

Am sure they are not themselves

Am interested to know the maximum age!

What's the maximum age, we don't want 88 year olds standing for election of president in Nigeria.

Maximum 60

Tolexander:
Donald Trump 71years

Trump's brain and physical fitness de kampe.

How dare you compare oranges to grapes?

Based on Nigeria history, while at it,
I call for a maximum age of 55-60.

WHAT ABOUT MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT AND HEALTH STATUS?

ekensi01:
Future lies.


Why this our Reps useless like this?


We have people aged 70 and above in the House Of Reps they want President to be 35.

Am sure they are not themselves

Read again, 'minimum' is the key word. Means you can contest even if you are 90

story

thesicilian:
Nice one. But can they also set the maximum at 60?

or 55