Nigeria, June 11 -- The National Assembly is considering a bill that would mandate future presidents to be sworn in at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, instead of Eagle Square.

The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, revealed the proposal during a media briefing on Tuesday in Abuja ahead of the country's Democracy Day celebration.

Mr Bamidele said the planned legislation reflects the lawmakers' desire to reshape Nigeria's democratic traditions.

"We are also hoping to change our political setting to the extent that the swearing-in of the next president and commander-in-chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will, by the grace of God, be in the arcade of the National Assembly of Nigeria," Mr Bamidele said.

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