The Senate has pushed for the change of name, from The Nigeria Police Force to simply the Nigerian Police. On Wednesday, July 26, 87 senators voted YES to support the bill while 2 senators voted NO and 1 abstained.
The senators equally approved the recommendation for immunity for the lawmakers for any of the actions during plenary.
The lawmakers also approved the reduction in the ages of aspirants for the offices of the President andgovernor or members of the Senate, House of Representatives and the State Houses of Assembly, with alterations to sections 65, 106, 131 and 177 of the Constitution.
Age requirement for the President was reduced from 40 to 35; governor, 35 to 30; member of Senate retained 35; House of Representatives, 30 to 25.
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