Nigeria: Emergency Powers Bill - LCCI, MAN, NLC, Others Back Buhari's Proposals

23 August 2016

The business community, yesterday, threw its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari's proposal to assume emergency powers to revamp the nation's ailing economy.

But the political class was largely opposed to the proposal as most senators, whose opinions were sought, said the bill on the proposal was already dead on arrival, saying the bill, if allowed to sail through, would sound the death knell for the legislature in the country.

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