Senate bars first-term senators from running for Senate president, deputy

Senate bars first-term senators from running for Senate president, deputy

The Senate on Tuesday, October 3, amended its standing orders to effectively stop first-term senators from vying for the position of Senate president and deputy Senate president.

This move by the Senate came a few months after Senator Abdulaziz Yari, a first-term senator who had earlier served in the House of Representatives, contested against Senator Godswill Akpabio for the position of Senate president.

With the new amendment to the standing orders of the Senate, first-term senators are now excluded from those qualified or eligible to contest for the position of presiding officers of the Red Chambers.

The amendment of rule 3(2) (1-3) of the Senate Standing Orders followed a motion moved by the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC – Ekiti Central).

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