Senate reviews 1999 constitution, allows independent candidacy, others

The Senate had reviewed and considered 33 bills from the report of the committee on Constitution Review.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said this in a post on social media.

See all the details below:

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Bill 1: Members of the Council of States.
Yes - 93
No - 1
Abstain - 1

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Bill 2: Authorization of expenditure.
Yes: 93
No: 1
Abstain: 1

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Bill 3: Devolution of Power
Yes: 90
No: 5
Abstain: 0

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Bill 4: Financial Autonomy of State Legislature.
Yes: 90
No: 5
Abstain: 0

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Bill 5: Distributable account for Local Governments to have their own special account
Yes: 84
No: 8
Abstain: 1

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Bill 6: Democratic Existence funding and tenure of LG council
Yes: 88
No: 7
Abstain: 1

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Bill 7: State creation and boundary adjustment
Yes: 47
No: 48
Abstain: 0

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Bill 8: Immunity for legislators for Acts in Course of Duty
Yes: 93
No: 1
Abstain: 0

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Bill 9: Political Parties and Electoral Matters : Time to conduct Bye Elections and Power to deregister parties
Yes: 90
No: 0
Abstain: 0

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Bill 10:  Presidential Assent
Yes: 95
No: 1
Abstain: 0

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Bill 11: Time frame for submission of names of ministerial nominees
Yes: 75
No: 19
Abstain: 0

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Bill 11b: Submission of Ministererial Nominees with their Portfolios
Yes: 78
No: 16
Abstain: 1

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Bill 11c: 35% affirmative action for women as ministers
Yes: 49
No: 43
Abstain: 2

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Bill 11d:  Submission of Commissioners Nominees with their Portfolios
Yes: 84
No: 7
Abstain: 0

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Bill 11e : Submission of names of office of commissioners shall be attached with portfolio
Yes: 87
No: 8
Abstain: 0

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Bill 11f: 35% Affirmative action for women as States Commissioners
Yes: 61
No: 35
Abstain: 0

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Bill 12: Appointment of Minister from the FCT
Yes: 77
No: 12
Abstain: 3

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Bill 13: Change of names of some LG councils: Ebonyi, Oyo, Ogun, Pleateau and Rivers.
Yes: 84
No: 2
Abstain: 2

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Bill 14: Independent Candidacy
Yes: 82
No: 5
Abstain: 3

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Bill 15: The Nigeria Police Force to become Nigerian Police
Yes: 87
No: 2
Abstain: 1

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Bill 16: Restriction of the tenure of President and Governor
Yes: 88
No: 0
Abstain: 1

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Bill17: Establishment of Accountant General of the Federal Government different from Accountant General of the Federation
Yes: 89
No: 0
Abstain:0

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Bill 18: Separation of Office of the Attorney General from the Minister/Commissioner of Justice
Yes: 95
No: 1
Abstain: 1

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Bill 19: Separation of Office of the Attorney General from the Minister/Commissioner of Justice
Yes: 95
No: 1
Abstain: 1

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Bill 20: Submissions from the Judiciary
Yes: 95
No: 2
Abstain: 1

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Bill 21: Determination of pre-election matters.
Yes: 97
No: 0
Abstain: 0

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Bill 22: Consequential Amendment on Civil Defence
Yes: 97
No: 0
Abstain: 0

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Bill 23: Citizenship and indigenship
Yes: 49
No: 46
Abstain: 0

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Bill 24: Procedure for Overriding Presidential Veto in Constitutional Alteration
Yes: 92
No: 4
Abstain: 0

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Bill 25: Removal of law making power from Executive Arm.
Yes: 89
No: 3
Abstain: 0

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Bill 26: Investment and Securities Tribunal
Yes: 76
No: 14
Abstain: 5

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Bill 27: Reduction of Age for Election
Yes: 86
No: 10
Abstain: 1

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Bill 28: Authorization of expenditure time frame for laying Appropriation bill, Passage etc
Yes: 94
No: 0
Abstain:0

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Bill 29: Deletion of the National Youth Service Corps decree from CFRN
Yes: 88
No: 3
Abstain: 0

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Bill 30: Deletion of Public Complain Act from CFRN.
Yes: 90
No: 1
Abstain: 2

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Bill 31: Deletion of National Security Agencies from the CFRN
Yes: 92
No: 2
Abstain: 0

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Bill 32: Deletion of land Use Act from CFRN
Yes: 46
No: 44
Abstain: 0

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Bill 33: Deletion of State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from CFRN
Yes: 73
No: 19
Abstain: 2