The House of Representatives on Thursday passed a constitutional amendment bill seeking to establish state police across Nigeria. The legislative milestone followed a rowdy voting session triggered by disagreements over the counting methodology.
The bill was read for the third time and passed after securing a near-unanimous vote. Out of the lawmakers present, 289 voted in favour of the decentralisation measure, none voted against it, and one member abstained.
Electronic voting failure forces contentious manual count
Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House, announced during plenary on Thursday that 290 lawmakers were present in the chamber, successfully meeting the statutory quorum required to proceed with constitutional amendments.
Speaker Abbas informed members that the chamber’s electronic voting system was non-functional, which necessitated a manual voting process on the floor of the House. He then presented a brief synopsis of the 18-clause bill, which outlines the framework for the establishment, regulation, and operation
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