Niger Assembly plenary ends in disagreement over Bill on Character Commission

The plenary at the Niger State House of Assembly went rowdy and ended in disarray as lawmakers disagreed on the bill political office holders than others.

Augments started when Ahmed Bello, a member moved for the suspension of order 13, rule 4, paragraph 1 of the house standing order to enable for speedy passage of the state Character Commission.

The debate was on the second reading of a private member bill moved by Hon. Malik Madaki, Bosso Constituency for A Law to Establish the Niger State Character Commission with the responsibility to promote, monitor name enforce compliance with principles of the proportional sharing of all bureaucratic, economic, media and political posts at all levels of government in the state.

He told the House that the bill which had suffered setbacks since the 7th and 8th assembly was deliberated extensively and passed into law but was not assented to by the executive.

“A lot has been done from the plenary to the committee but it was returned to the house by the executive without enacting a law.

Seconding the motion, Mallam Shuaibu Liman, Suleja Consistency, stated that the bill should be given an accelerated hearing and passed into law to ensure balanced and equal representations.