Members of Parliament call on the Federal Government to suspend the implementation of the Samoa Agreement – investigation into controversial clauses

The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to suspend the implementation of the Samoa Agreement because of the alleged “LGBTQ+ clause”.

The House of Representatives instructed its Committee on National Planning to investigate the agreement within four weeks.

The House resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance introduced by Minority Leader Aliyu Madaki and 87 others in the House plenary on Tuesday.

The Samoa Agreement provides the overarching legal framework for the European Union’s relations with 79 countries, including 48 African, 16 Caribbean and 15 Pacific countries.

Last week, Nigerian newspaper Daily Trust published an article claiming that the agreement contained a clause legalising same-sex relations in Nigeria.

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However, the Nigerian government refuted this claim, arguing that there are “existing laws against same-sex relations” in Nigeria.

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