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Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday passed through Second Reading a bill that seeks to provide a legislative framework for handing over the process by the outgoing President and Vice President to democratically elected President and Vice President.
The private member sponsored by Hon. Kpam Sokpo, seeks to establish the Transition and Assumption of Office Committee consisting of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) as chairman, with other members including Attorney General of the Federation, Permanent Secretaries of Federal Ministries of Internal Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Information.
Others are Inspector General of Police, Chief of Defence Staff, National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, Chief of Staff to the President, Deputy Clerk to the National Assembly, Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, six persons nominated by the President-elect from the six geopolitical zones, and Coordinator appointed under section 7 of the proposed bill.