Politics
Lawmakers reject bill making university degree minimum qualification for President, Governors, National Assembly members
Nigerian lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a bill seeking to amend the constitution to increase the education qualifications required to contest for the office of the president, governors and legislative offices to a university degree.
The bill sponsored by Deputy Chief Whip and member representing Remo Federal Constituency of Lagos, Adewunmi Oriyomi Onanuga, popularly known as Ijaya, was opposed by some lawmakers, who insisted that education qualifications do not determine leadership quality.
The bill which was debated for over two hours on Tuesday, at the plenary was stepped down by the force of majeure, Daily Post reports.
Onanuga, who led the debate argued that leaving education qualifications at the secondary school certificate level is inadequate for the country while advocating for an upward revision to a minimum of a university degree for all elective positions.
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