Issues are being raised as the House of Representatives recently opened yet another constitution review hearing, an exercise that has become customary for the parliament since the return of democratic rule in the country in 1999. For 26 years, lawmakers have continued to promise to deliver “the people’s constitution,” as billions of naira get drained […]
By Fassy Yusuf Since January 15, 1966, our nation has been under pseudo-federalism leading to a voodoo structure. The first military Head of State, Major General J. T. U. Aguiyi-Ironsi imposed unitary federalism on us, and ever since we have been in delusion or illusion. Successive administrations and the hegemonic power seeing that unitary federalism […]
By Tom Okpe As the National Constitution Review hearing organised by the House of Representatives kicks off in the six geo-political zones of the country on Tuesday, Local government autonomy, states, and local government creation fiscal federalism, others take center stage of the debate. At the Bauchi zone comprising of Bauchi, Yobe and Borno States, […]
Tunde Opalana and Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja The Senate Constitution Review Committee at a retreat over the weekend considered reports of both the 2014 National Constitution Conference and that of the APC True Federalism Committee alongside other memoranda received in the process of reviewing the nation’s 1999 constitution. Also to form part of the Committee’s working […]
As the Senate resume plenary on Tuesday after its Christmas and New Year break, expected to top its agenda is the Constitution review. Also expected are a number of pending constitution amendment related bills such as the review of the consideration of the Hate Speech and the Social Media Bills. The Daily Times recalls that […]
Olasupo Ojo, a former chairman, Committee for Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), is the Secretary, Constitution Review Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). In this interview with INIOBONG IWOK, Ojo assesses the anti corruption war of this administration, the defection of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the […]
The contentious issue of whether or not retain the immunity clause from the constitution came up again in the front burner of public discourse as the House of Representatives distanced itself from the growing agitation to jettison the status quo. Worried by what is generally considered a blanket shield for perceived corrupt state governors, by […]