Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has condemned the National Assembly’s decision to approve a state of emergency proclamation through a voice vote, describing it as unconstitutional and a further blow to Nigeria’s democracy.
Obi, in a statement on X, said he was already troubled by the “ongoing deterioration of democracy” in the country, particularly the political situation in Rivers State, when he learned that lawmakers had “added salt to injury by using a voice vote to pass the illegality.”
He insisted that the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) requires a two-thirds majority in both chambers of the National Assembly to approve such a proclamation. “You cannot determine a two-thirds majority by a voice vote,” he stated, emphasizing that proper procedures must be followed.
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