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Major areas where House of Reps disagreed with Senate on constitution amendment

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The National Assembly has concluded its review and voting on constitution amendments.

The senators did their review and voting on amendment of up to 33 laws in the Constitution, while members of the house of representatives voted on Thursday.

The Voting Process

Except for exceptional cases, 73 votes were required for an amendment to pass in senate, while the house required 240.

However, the lawmakers in the upper and lower legislative chambers agreed on some bills and disagreed on others.

Areas where the Senate and House of Reps disagreed on constitution amendment

Here areas the areas where the two legislative chambers disagreed. These will no longer be part of the amendments to be sent to the Houses of Assembly.

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Thirty-five per cent affirmative action for women as ministers.

Verdict: Passed by the House but was rejected by the Senate.

Appointment of Minister from the FCT

Verdict: Passed by the Senate but rejected by the House.

Change of names of some LG councils

Verdict: Passed by the Senate yesterday but was rejected by the House today.

Citizenship and Indigeneship

Verdict: Passed by the Senate but rejected by the House.

Removal of law making power from Executive Arm (National Youth Service Corps).

Verdict: Passed by the Senate but rejected by the House.

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Removal of law making power from Executive Arm (National Security Agencies Act).

Verdict: Passed by the Senate but rejected by the House.

Removal of law making power from Executive Arm (National Complaints Commission).

Verdict: Passed by the Senate but rejected by the House.

Removal of law making power from Executive Arm (Land Use Act)

Verdict: Passed by the Senate but rejected by the House.

Deletion of State Independent National Electoral Commission (SIEC) from the Constitution.

Verdict: Passed by the Senate but rejected by the House.

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