Neco Model Questions Vol1 2020 Civic Education Question 32
Practice objective / multiple choice question 32 from the 2020 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Civic Education examination.
To amend a constitutional provision, two stages are required. First, a two‑thirds majority in each house of the National Assembly (each house has 200 members) must vote in favour. Second, a national referendum must obtain at least \(60\%\) of the votes cast in favour, and the number of votes in favour must be at least \(40\%\) of the total registered voters (5,000,000 registered voters). In a recent amendment attempt, the lower house recorded 130 votes in favour, 50 against, and 20 abstentions. The upper house recorded 140 votes in favour, 40 against, and 20 abstentions. In the referendum, 2,800,000 votes were cast, of which 1,800,000 were in favour. Did the amendment pass?
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This is Neco Model Questions Vol1 2020 Civic Education Question 32. It is one of the objective questions from the 2020 Neco Model Questions Vol1 Civic Education examination.
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