Nigeria, March 28 -- The Deputy Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives, Ben Kalu, has requested the amendment of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) General Assembly rules to accommodate more emergency items for consideration.

The deputy speaker is part of the Nigerian delegation to the 148 IPU General Assembly in Switzerland.

Details of his proposal are contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Levinus Nwabughiogu, on Thursday.

Mr Kalu is proposing to amend section 11.1 of the IPU rule on the introduction of emergency items for consideration by the Assembly. The amendment, if adopted, would allow every continent to present at least one emergency item for consideration.

According to the existing rule, only one emerge...