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Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by olatade(op): 2:50pm On Mar 26, 2025

Bill to Remove Immunity for Vice President and Governors Passes Second Reading

A bill seeking to strip the vice president, governors, and their deputies of constitutional immunity has passed its second reading in the House of Representatives.

The proposed amendment aims to strengthen accountability, curb corruption, and eliminate impunity in public office.

The bill is part of a broader constitutional review process, with 42 amendment bills advancing on Wednesday. This follows the approval of 39 similar bills the previous day, bringing the total to 81.

Among the other notable proposals is a bill to separate the offices of the Attorney-General of the Federation and state attorneys-general from the Minister of Justice and state commissioners for justice.

Another bill seeks to grant citizenship rights to foreign spouses of Nigerian women and establish a minimum quota for youth and women in specific government appointments.

The House also considered bills advocating the creation of new states, including Ijebu, Ife-Ijesa, Tiga, Orlu, and Etiti.

The proposed amendments were not debated and now move forward for further legislative action.

https://www.channelstv.com/2025/03/26/bill-to-remove-immunity-enjoyed-by-vp-govs-scales-second-reading/

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by plumcomm: 2:55pm On Mar 26, 2025

This NASS is working tho but some people are programmed to never see good.

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by Bigboytinz: 2:56pm On Mar 26, 2025

Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by Sirmwill: 3:12pm On Mar 26, 2025

Until they remove immunity for everyone in the government including the President, they are all still jokers
Otherwise,they would all be at the mercy of the President and it can lead to worse corruption tendencies

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by merits(m): 3:12pm On Mar 26, 2025

Better those nonsense should stop it make them unacceptable.

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by spencekat(m): 3:13pm On Mar 26, 2025

Let them include the president too.

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by emmanuel596(m): 3:13pm On Mar 26, 2025

Yes...if a governor has a case to answer he should step aside until after investigations and trials

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by Mopolchi: 3:13pm On Mar 26, 2025

VP go soon be tissue paper. Already Iragbiji drug lord is test running it with Kashim Shettima! No be so huh

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by Asonaijaaso: 3:13pm On Mar 26, 2025

This is Good news.

Most of the poverty is caused by maladministration and misappropriation of government funds

Kudos to the administration.

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by spencekat(m): 3:13pm On Mar 26, 2025

Sirmwill:
Until they remove immunity for everyone in the government including the President, they are all still jokers

You are right!

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by SoftSport(m): 3:13pm On Mar 26, 2025

Tinubu’s administration is really strengthening the legislature with these bold moves for accountability and equality! 🇳🇬💪

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by chidiebere2020(m): 3:13pm On Mar 26, 2025

Sirmwill:
Until they remove immunity for everyone in the government including the President, they are all still jokers

📢🔊

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by Honestey: 3:13pm On Mar 26, 2025

Tinubu is taking decisions that ordinarily no one aiming for 2nd term will take. He is doing it not minding whether they are going to give him votes for 2nd term or not e.g:
Removing subsidy
Not paying for dollars to keep exchange low
and now this.
Honestly, I don't see any selfish president looking for 2nd term attempting all these in his first tenure. It's a testament to his determination to fix the country and I salute him for this.

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by Enemyofpeace: 3:13pm On Mar 26, 2025

President nko?

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by dederocs(m): 3:14pm On Mar 26, 2025

Yes very good, in America governors don't have immunity, governors are abusing their immunity,they are the most corrupt in Nigeria, no need to give them 4 to 8 years before prosecuting them. This is good news for EFCC and ICPC.

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by Stolen: 3:14pm On Mar 26, 2025

PRESIDENT IMMUNITY SHOULD ALSO BE REMOVED.

MAKE ALL OF THEM STAND TRIAL.

WE DONT WANT TINUBU OR WHO EVER USING PRESIDENTIAL POWER TO DISRUPT STATE OR VICE PRESIDENT THAT DISAGREE WITH HIM LIKE ATIKU DID WITH OBJ.

ALL THIS SHIT TELL ME TINUBU THINKS HE WILL DIE IN ASO ROCK, WELL, HE BETTER DIE BEFOR 2027, BECAUSE AFTER THAT, HE IS GONE TO IRABIJI.

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by Commentor: 3:14pm On Mar 26, 2025

Rubbish.

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by AngelicBeing: 3:14pm On Mar 26, 2025

Sirmwill:
Until they remove immunity for everyone in the government including the President, they are all still jokers

Gbamsulotely, end of thread, next news jare haha 😂

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by francisbarrack(m): 3:14pm On Mar 26, 2025

President should b included....

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by spencekat(m): 3:14pm On Mar 26, 2025

Mopolchi:
VP go soon be tissue paper

From spare tyre to tissue paper. Wahala!

Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by iwaeda: 3:14pm On Mar 26, 2025

They want Tinubu to sign this. He will be happy to remove Sanwo-Olu. grin

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by DeLaRue: 3:14pm On Mar 26, 2025

If this bill becomes law, this could become one of the most important laws this coubtry has enacted since 1999.

If Governors know that during their term in office they can be prosecuted, found guilty and jailed, and therefore be impeached, they will think twice about corruption.

No single law can eradicate corruption, but boy a law like this will make a huge difference.

Also, no President can right the wrongs of over 50 years in 2 years, but the rate of changes (mostly unappreciated by the public) that this government is introducing in its short time in office unprecedented in the history of this country is incredible.

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by b3llo(m): 3:15pm On Mar 26, 2025

Wahala... If only President have Immunity then it is good. Public presiding officers should have their offices separated from individuals. Individuals should be held accountable instead of their offices for abusing privileges.

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by Basic123: 3:15pm On Mar 26, 2025*

It doesn't make sense.

They should be immuned while in office and strip off after .That is why they are our leader within their period of occupation of the office.

The office shouldn't be that rubbished!

I don't think Tinubu will sign it into law

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by spencekat(m): 3:15pm On Mar 26, 2025

francisbarrack:
President should b included....

Supported!

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by Mitsurugi(m): 3:15pm On Mar 26, 2025

E go hard o. Constitutional amendments will still have to pass through 2/3 of State Houses of Assembly grin

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by PricelessGem1: 3:15pm On Mar 26, 2025

Our Reps are seriously working now o. The energy with which they are using to be passing bills up and down is something else. But wait? What of the president? Are they leaving immunity for him?

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by tnerro1(m): 3:15pm On Mar 26, 2025

House of Representatives just dey pass bills wey akpabio go throwaway for dustbin

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by SpecialAdviser(m): 3:16pm On Mar 26, 2025

Sirmwill:
Until they remove immunity for everyone in the government including the President, they are all still jokers

Don't mind the fools. Tinubu is targeting to have extra power to deal with any governor as he likes. This would have been a perfect opportunity to use EFCC to wrongly accuse Fubara.

As long as EFCC is a tool of the president, Nigeria is doomed in corruption fight

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by PHIPEX(m): 3:16pm On Mar 26, 2025

Now they will all be at the mercy of the president. I hope we are not heading for full dictatorship? I would have preferred it's removed for everyone including the president or we leave it as it is.

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Re: Bill To Remove Immunity For Vice President And Governors Passes Second Reading by princepee: 3:16pm On Mar 26, 2025

e don happen..
Governors about to be strip naked..

No new law about kidnappers, bandits and heardsmen huh

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