Nigeria: Constitution Review - Senate Rejects Autonomy for LGs, Okays Marriage for Underage Women

17 July 2013

The much-awaited voting on recommendations of the Senate Committee on the Review of the Constitution took place Tuesday with the parliament throwing out the recommendation of a six-year single term for the president and governors.

It also rejected autonomy for local governments as well as the moves to separate the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from that of the minister of justice.

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