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Nigerian daily, process detail

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Reconstructs the floor vote with governors and the chief of staff watching from the VIP gallery. Frames the bill as a presidency-and-governors project pushed through fast, with each provision drawing at least 80 affirmative votes, and notes the switch to a show-of-hands vote over fears of technical glitches.

“Senators abandoned electronic voting and decided the historic amendment by standing and raising hands, under the watchful eyes of the presidency and powerful state governors.”