Senator Smart Adeyemi has proposed a bill seeking to debar political parties from presenting candidates of the same religion for presidential and vice presidential positions.
Speaking at a news conference on Sunday, Mr Adeyemi, representing Kogi West senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, said there was need to forestall the contentious issues on nomination of candidates of the same religion by political parties after the 2023 presidential election.
There have been widespread opposition from the Christian community since the APC put forward Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, both Muslims, as presidential and vice presidential candidates respectively, in the 2023 elections.
The proposed bill by Mr Adeyemi was titled
“A Bill for an act to Amend the Electoral Act 2022 and for other related matters connected 2022.”
It seeks to amend Section 84 of the act by inserting a new subsection (3).
The senator explained…
