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Constitution

Deputy Speaker unveils compendium of Constitution Review Bills

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Deputy speaker Kalu, Constitution

By Msugh Ityokura The House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review has unveililed a summarized compendium of 86 Constitution Review Bills currently under consideration. The compendium is organized into 13 thematic areas, including Electoral Reforms, Judicial Reforms, Legislature, Inclusive Governance, Security and Policing, Devolution of Powers and Strengthening of Institutions. Others are Traditional Institutions, Fiscal […]

Constitution Review: Zonal public hearings commences July- Deputy Speaker

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Deputy speaker Kalu, Constitution

By Msugh Ityokura House of Representatives’ Constitution Review Committee is set to conduct public hearings across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones next month. The hearings, which aim to gather input from citizens on proposed constitutional amendments, will take place in two phases. Speaking at the joint session of consultants and the secretariats of the House and […]

Constitution Review: Does Nigeria Need More States To Be Created Now?

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Nigeria

Patrick Wemambu Going down the memory boulevard, the history of state creation in contemporary Nigeria could be traced to 1967 – after the Civil War – when General Yakubu Gowon created 12 states to replace the then 4 regions in existence before Independence. These later metarmorphosed over the years culminating into 19, then 21, 30 […]

Constitution Amendment: Senator Barau harps on collaboration with all stakeholders

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Barau Jibrin

BY HARUNA SALAMI Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Review of the Constitution, Senator Barau Jibrin, has called for robust collaboration among all stakeholders to drive the ongoing constitution amendment process to a successful conclusion. Senator Barau stated this on Saturday at the joint retreat of the secretariat […]

Draft report of constitution amendment ready August

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Benjamin Kalu, Deputy Speaker

By Tom Okpe The first draft report of the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution would be ready in August 2024. Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu who stated this on Thursday, said the federal legislature would expedite action on the process. Kalu spoke at a press conference organised by the House […]

Constitution Amendments: Can the 9th Assembly get it right?

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Constitution

…NEF, Afenifere, others say it is an effort in futility… Barrister Orimolade, Hon. Abioye proffer solution By Tunde Opalana The groundwork for administering the entire business of governance in Nigeria aside other conventional laws, is the 1999 Constitution which was thrust upon the nation by the military regime. The legitimacy and acceptance of this piece […]

PIA: It’s robbing Peter to pay Paul – Mike Ozekhome

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Mike Ozekhome

By Mike Ozekhome The PIB Bill just assented to as an Act of Parliament by President Muhammadu Buhari, is a mere ruse, a monstrosity, an artifice and device, carefully crafted, incubated and delivered, to actually do irretrievable violence to Nigeria’s progress and juris corpus. The Act constitutes a direct assault on age-long cherished principles of […]

Constitution review gulps N5 billion

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By Tunde Opalana, Tom Okpe, Abuja As the Senate last Friday in Abuja concluded public hearings on the proposed amendment to the 1999 Constitution and the House of Representatives rounds off its own exercise, this week, at least a sum of N5 billion may have been sunk into five different attempts at altering the document. […]

Controversy trails legality of 1999 Constitution

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Omo-Agege

*No amount of amendment can give legality to the illegal 1999 Constitution says Ozekhome *It is only the court that can void the constitution, replied Omo – Agege Tunde Opalana, Abuja As the national public hearing on the review of the 1999 constitution came to an end on Friday in Abuja, more controversy trails the […]

Nigeria needs new Constitution, not amendment – Okowa

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Okowa, Delta

By Nosa Akenzua, Asaba Delta Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Wednesday said Nigeria needed a new Constitution, not amendment to accommodate emerging issues of good governance and greater interest of Nigerians. Okowa stated this when he received on courtesy visit, the Senate Sub-Committee on review of the 1999 Constitution led by Senator James Manager at […]

Omo-Agege says Nigeria will welcome UN’s support to review constitution

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Constitution

By Tunde Opalana As the National Assembly tinkers with the process of reviewing the 1999 Constitution, the nation is ready to welcome support from international bodies including the United Nations agencies. Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman, Senate ad hoc Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie OmoAgege gave this assurance Friday in Abuja, when […]

EDITORIAL: Wrong way to review 1999 Constitution

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Reps moves to reduce levies on commercial vehicles from 35% to 15%

With a sense of deja vu reminiscent of the Sisyphean myth, Nigerians are once again being treated to a national pastime: searching for what is already known and documented to create an impression of getting something done. This time, the Senate of the ninth Assembly has commenced a constitution review process by setting up a […]

I would uphold the constitution, protect lives and property, says Buhari

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“I would do my utmost to uphold the constitution and protect the lives and property of all Nigerians President Muhammadu Buhari  has said and thathe has initiated some policies and programmes designed to promote the legal rights of Nigerians. President Buhari  made this known in his 2020 Democracy Day addressed to the nation in Abuja […]

Is the constitution review c’ttee ploy to blunt the clamour for restructuring?

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The decision by the Dr. Ahmad Lawan-led Ninth Senate to set up a 56-member Constitution Review Committee seems to have raised more questions than it answered. The Committee, headed by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, consists of eight principal officers who are to serve as a steering committee within the larger committee, […]

Igbo leaders seek new constitution before 2019 general election

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The Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT) has called on President Mohammadu Buhari to immediately set up a constitute Assembly that will chart a new constitution for the country before the 2019 general elections. In a communiqué released after their meeting in Enugu yesterday, the group said the call became necessary following the alleged general rejection […]

NEMA And Maihaja’s Triumph Over Distractions

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There are certain public offices in Nigeria, which are focal, sensitive and indispensable to the responsible functionality of Nigeria as a nation. The welfare of the citizenry is a cardinal principle of state enshrined in the Constitution, the supreme law of the land and every leader abides by it. Those responsible for salvaging humanity from […]

No provision for mace in 1999 Constitution – Falana

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A senior lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), has said that there is no provision for mace in 1999 Constitution, saying that it is not mandatory for either the Senate and the House of Representatives to have a mace before sitting for plenary. Incidentally, the mace is the symbol of authority of […]

Ex-lawmaker condemns snatching of Senate Mace, slams upper chamber for suspending Senator

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A former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and legal practitioner, Hon. Babatunde Ogala has described the snatching of the Mace of the Senate during plenary by some hoodlums as the height of brigandage, an assault not just on the legislature, but on the constitution, adding that it smacks of sheer anarchy and […]

Senate okays 12 constitution alteration bills, seeks President’s assent

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daily times

…Acknowledges receipt of resolutions on most of the bills from 35 states legislatures The Senate, on Tuesday, passed into law 12 bills out of the Constitution (Fourth) Alteration Bills, 2018, and resolved to transmit them to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent This is to enable institutions of government prepare for immediate implementation of policies […]

Rivers Assembly approves Constitution Fourth Alteration Bill 2017

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The Rivers State House of Assembly has approved the fourth alteration number 24 of the 1999 Constitution which outlined the process for the amendment of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria where the President withheld his assent. At its 132 Legislative Day of the Eight Assembly (Third Session) on Monday , the Rivers […]