She said the bill seeks to amend section26 of the 1999 Constitution by opening citizenship by registration to male and female., who chairs the committee, while speaking on the bill, called for more clarification on the specifics regarding the bill.
“Even within the context of our culture, I want to give an example of Idoma culture, you can only bury an Idoma woman in her homeland. In this age, we have a lot of attachment to our culture,” Mr Wase said. Ms Ezeilo argued that citizenship is not automatic, noting that the bill seeks to replace “any woman” with “any person”, which according to her is discriminatory.
Of what need it this amendment when noncitizens from across our borders do participate in our electoral process
When we the real citizens are not well taken good care of?
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