Rivers Emergency Rule: Senate Lacked Required Two-Thirds Majority For Approval Of Tinubu’s Proclamation –Tambuwal

Tambuwal stressed that Section 305 of the Constitution is clear and unambiguous about the process for declaring a state of emergency and the role of the National Assembly in approving such a proclamation.

Former Sokoto State governor, Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has stated that the Senate failed to meet the constitutional requirement of a two-thirds majority when approving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State.

 

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