The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has proposed a change of appellation of federal lawmakers, from honourable to Representative.
Gbajabiamila’s proposal is the chief point of a bill that originated from him, entitled, “A Bill for an Act to Amend the Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act, 2017.”
The bill seeks to insert new Sections 21 and 22 into the Legislative Houses (Powers And Privileges) Act, which read, “(21) A member of the Senate shall be designated and addressed as a Senator and shall be entitled to have before his name the word ‘Senator’ during his term in office and for life.
“(22) A member of the House of Representative shall be designated and addressed as a ‘Representative’ and shall be entitled to have before his name the word ‘Representative’ during his term in office and for life.”
In the explanatory note, the Speaker wrote, “This bill seeks to define the designation and address before the name of a member of the National Assembly.”
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