Nigerian Senate backs plans to reduce power of presidency

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http://l.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/VM6vH8PsA1rlJBVEah.4hA--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2017-07-27T071241Z_1_LYNXMPED6Q0DO-OZATP_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-UK-NIGERIA-POLITICS.JPG (https://www.yahoo.com/news/nigerian-senate-backs-plans-reduce-power-presidency-071241440--business.html)By Paul Carsten ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's upper house of parliament backed a series of constitutional amendments on Wednesday that could weaken the presidency and boost the legislature, the latest twist in a two-year power struggle between the two institutions. The head of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, who is pushing the changes, said they would help boost Nigeria's development but a senior official in President Muhammadu Buhari's government said they amounted to "a very unhealthy" power grab. Saraki has been tipped as a possible eventual successor to the ailing Buhari, who has spent more time this year in Britain receiving treatment for an undisclosed medical problem than he has in Nigeria.



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