Jibrin Samuel Okutepa a Senior Advocate of Nigeria has said that the only way the Not-Too-Young-To-Run Bill would achieve its desired aim is for the Nation’s grand norm to be amended. The Learned Silk made this statement on Thursday, after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Not-Too-Young-To-Run Bill signed into law. According to him “the law seeks a reduction in the age limit for presidential candidates from 40 to 35, as well as state governors and senators from 35 to 30. Following the President’s assent, the minimum age for national and state assembly members will now be 25.” “The primary aim of this law is to increase the participation of young people in politics, as more than half of the nation’s population is below age 30. Good as this law is, it will suffer constitutional defeat unless the constitution of Nigeria is amended.” “A close look at the constitution will show that a person shall be qualified for election to the office of the President if – (a) he is a citizen of Nigeria by birth; (b) he has attained the age of forty years; (c) he is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that political party; and (d) he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent. See S.131 of the 1999 constitution as amended. Then S.65. (1) of the same constitution provides that: subject to the provisions of section 66 of this Constitution, a person shall be qualified for election as a member of: (a) the Senate, if he is a citizen of Nigeria and has attained the age of 35 years; and (b) the House of Representatives, if he is a citizen of Nigeria and has attained the age of 30 years; (2) A person shall be qualified for election under subsection (1) of this section if: (a) he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its equivalent; and (b) he is a member of a political party and is sponsored by that party. Clearly for the law signed by the President to be effective and not to be declared null and void, the NASS needs to amend the constitution. I therefore see nothing to celebrate in the law signed by the President yesterday.]]>

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