Why Reps rejected emergency rule extension’ The House of Representatives has explained why it rejected President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for extension of the emergency rule in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa for the third time. At a briefing on Thursday, the Chairman of the House committee on Media and Public Affairs, Zakari Mohammed, gave reasons why lawmakers rejected the proposed extension. He said, “Based on Hon. Leo Ogor’s motion, we have not extended the emergency rule, rather we have asked the President to rely on the Section 8 of the Armed Forces Act which empowers him to deploy the military to troubled spots of the country. We relied on that bearing in mind that if we had approve this today, it would have been the fourth in the series. “You remember emergency rule started in May 2013 and therefore, we have done three extensions.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:14:24 +0000
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