Senate bars Jonathan from 2019 poll
Latest Politics, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories Wednesday, July 26th, 2017The Nigerian Senate, on Wednesday, barred a former president, Goodluck Jonathan from running for a second term in office. This was done during voting in series of new bills being passed by the upper legislative chamber.
The Bill sought that any vice president who had completed a tenure of a sitting president and contested a fresh four years mandate shall not be eligible to run for a second term of office.
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