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Bill To Reduce Minimum Age Requirement For Gov. Passes Second Reading
A bill seeking to change the 1999 constitution to reduce the minimum age required to contest for the office of Governor and for election into the Senate from 35 to 30 years passed second reading in the House of Representatives.
The bill titled ‘A Bill for an Act to Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) to Reduce the Age for Qualification for Membership of the Senate and Office of the Governor and for Related Matters (HB. 2235)’ was sponsored by the lawmaker representing Mbo/Okobo/Oron/Udung Uko/Urue Federal Constituency of Akwa Ibom State, Esin Martin Etim and twenty-four other lawmakers.
DAILY POST reports that Nigeria’s constitution stipulates that candidates for the Senate and governorship must be at least 35 years old, while those seeking election to the House of Representatives may contest from age 25.
However, Etim argued that the current age threshold limits opportunities for young lawmakers aspiring to higher political office.
According to him, the 10-year gap restricts the political progression of young legislators, especially those who enter the House at 25 and complete two four-year terms by age 33, yet remain ineligible to contest for Senate or governorship.
He further explained that the legislation proposes to reduce the required age from 35 to 30, maintaining a five-year gap between eligibility for the House of Representatives and the higher offices.
The Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, thereafter put the bill to a voice vote without debate, and majority of lawmakers supported its second reading.
Abbas referred the bill to the House Committee on Constitution Review for further legislative action.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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