An All Progressives Congress (APC) senator, Smart Adeyemi, has proposed a bill seeking to end nomination of candidates of same religion for president and vice presidential positions in the country.
Mr Adeyemi, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday, said there was need to forestall the contentious issues on nomination of candidates of same religion by political parties after 2023 presidential election.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that his proposed bill was titled “A Bill for an act to amend the Electoral Act 2022 and for other related matters connected 2022.”
Mr Adeyemi, who represents Kogi West Senatorial District, said the bill was seeking to amend section 84 of the Act by inserting a new subsection (3).
According to him the proposed sub section 3 entailed that:
“No political party shall nominate candidates of the same religion as Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates after this dispensation.
“This bill may be cited as…
