#NOT TOO YOUNG TO RUN BILL GAINS PASSAGE IN 24 STATES
BY NDIFREKE JACOB.
No fewer than 24 state Houses of Assembly have passed the age reduction bill tagged ''Not Too Young To Run'' into law.
The bill which was passed barely two month by the National Assembly gained momentum with Ondo State taking the lead while others states followed; Adamawa, Benue, Kwara, Nasarawa, Enugu, Delta, Borno, Ekiti, Katsina, Yobe, Gombe, Kogi,
Kebbi, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Bauchi, Kaduna, Ogun, Niger, Abia etc...
However, the passage of the bill is still pending in 11 States and has been rejected by Taraba State.
YIAGA Africa, the non-profit pushing for the passage of the bill revealed the news on their Instagram page that the bill has gain passage in two-thirds of the states in the country which means the next stage is for the President Buhari to assent to the bill.
See photos from their campaign below:
Speaker and Members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly pledging support for the
#NotTooYoungToRun Bill
Bauchi State House of Assembly Speaker receives the #NotTooYoungToRun campaign team in his office.

Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Kola Oluwawole receives the campaign position paper during the #NotTooYoungToRun National Day of Action Rally in the state today.

Katsina State House Assembly Speaker receives the position paper from the #NotTooYoungToRun Campaign team.
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