NASS proposes 74 additional seats for women
- ✦The proposal also provides for three additional seats reserved for women in each State House of Assembly, without displacing any existing seats.
- By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The National Assembly Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has proposed the creation of 74 additional seats for women in the Senate and House of Representatives, Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has said.
- He said the committee had also proposed three additional seats for women in each State House of Assembly.
- The proposal also provides for three additional seats reserved for women in each State House of Assembly, without displacing any existing seats.
By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The National Assembly Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has proposed the creation of 74 additional seats for women in the Senate and House of Representatives, Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has said.
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By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The National Assembly Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has proposed the creation of 74 additional seats for women in the Senate and House of Representatives, Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has said.
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The primary parties identified in this coverage include Federal Capital Territory, National Assembly of Nigeria, Ekiti State.
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Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, disclosed this on Monday at the 2026 Law Week organised by the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Ekiti State Chapter.
