Ireti Kingibe, the senator for Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has said the use of voice votes by members of the National Assembly for the approval of the emergency rule in Rivers State was insufficient.
Mrs Kingibe, a member of the Labour Party (LP), said she opposed the action because the Constitution clearly mandates a two-thirds majority vote for such a proclamation, which was not adhered to by the National Assembly.
The senator said these in a statement on Friday.
PREMIUM TIMES had reported that the two chambers of the National Assembly used voice votes to approve President Bola Tinubu’s State of Emergency in Rivers despite a constitutional provision that mandates two-third majority votes by each chamber for such approval.
Section 305 (6b) of the Nigerian constitution mandates that a state of emergency in any part of Nigeria proclaimed by the president must be supported by “two-thirds majority of all the members of each House of the National Assembly.”
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