Nigeria: Emergency Rule Extension - Presidency Yet to Send Request to Us - NASS

23 April 2014

Ninety-six hours after the expiration of the subsisting emergency rule imposed on the three states -Borno, Yobe and Adamawa- President Goodluck Jonathan is yet to send a fresh request to the National Assembly, NASS, for possible extension, as stipulated by law.

Section 305 of the 1999 Constitutions states that for the President to declare emergency rule in any part of the country, he must first issue a proclamation of the state of emergency, publish it in the form of official gazette and send same to the National Assembly for approval.

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