{"id":199741,"date":"2022-06-28T22:17:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T21:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=199741"},"modified":"2022-06-28T22:17:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T21:17:24","slug":"reps-step-down-bill-on-controversial-extension-of-tenure-for-legislative-staff-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/28\/reps-step-down-bill-on-controversial-extension-of-tenure-for-legislative-staff-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Reps step down bill on controversial extension of tenure for legislative staff nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>House of Representatives, Tuesday, shelved the consideration of the report of a bill seeking to extend the tenure of legislative staff nationwide from 35 years to 40 years and the compulsory retirement from 60 years to 65 years.<\/p>\n<p>The report had provided that: \u201cStaff of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/16\/asuu-strike-pass-no-confidence-vote-in-buhari-huriwa-tells-nass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Legislative Houses<\/a> in Nigeria shall compulsorily retire on attainment of 65 years of age or 40 years of pensionable service, whichever is earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, clause 3 of the report also provided that: \u201cWithout prejudice to any Act of the National Assembly\u00a0or law, or the Public Service Rules requiring a person to retire from the Public Service at 60 years of age or after 35 years of service shall not apply to Staff of Legislative Houses in Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also clause 4 provided that: \u201cIn this Act, \u2018Legislative Houses\u2019 means the National Assembly and States Houses of Assembly; while Public Service has the meaning ascribed to it under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report was however stepped down when it was called for consideration in the committee of the whole on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the House\u00a0passed for second reading a Bill for an Act to Repeal the Anatomy Act, Cap. 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