Constitution Amendment: Reps Rescind Decisions on 3 Women-Related Bills

The House Representatives has rescinded it’s decisions on three women-related bills for re-consideration, Nigerian cable news online can report.

The house took the latest decision during plenary on Tuesday.

The bills are the ones on citizenship, indigenship and 35% affirmative action for women. The bills failed to secure the mandatory two-thirds votes to pass during voting on the proposed amendments to the constitution.

The bills, by the leave of the Speaker, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, and the House, were re-committed to the Committee of the Whole for consideration on Tuesday.

They will be considered by the House in the next phase of voting on another set of bills for amendment in four week’s time.