The lawmakers discussed the Agreement on Tuesday following the alleged inclusion of 'The LGBTQ+ clause in the document.
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The Samoa Agreement is the legal framework for the European Union’s relations with 79 countries. This includes 48 African, 16 Caribbean, and 15 Pacific countries.that the House resolved that the executive should suspend the implementation of the Agreement and directed its committees to investigate the alleged “controversial and grey areas”.
“Call on the federal government to suspend the implementation of the Samoa Agreement until all controversial clauses are clearly defined to ensure they do not violate any law in Nigeria,” Mr Madaki had prayed in his motion. The resolution of the House can only be changed through a proper motion of rescission moved on the floor.
Instead of the House going through the rescission process, it is going through the route of misinformation. Despite all this, the House allowed a motion premised on a report that the author admitted had lapses, and even several lawmakers ignorantly debated the motion with the same false narrative without referencing the copy of the Agreement.
“In fact, three ministers have come out, including the Minister of Information and Budget and Planning, to say that there is nothing like that in the Agreement and that it was never mentioned. It was never mentioned, and there is nothing like lesbian rights in the Agreement. If you have the Agreement, bring it out here. There is nothing like that,” he said.
“The lawmakers are being prejudicial on the matter because they should have waited for the treaty to be presented in line with Section 12 of the 1999 Constitution.
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