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
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 […]
…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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
*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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
…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 […]
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 […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has assured that all those perpetrating acts of illegality and gross indiscipline within the party will henceforth be investigated and prosecuted in line with the party constitution. The party said it has voided the sack of the party chairman in Cross River State, Sir James Ochalla, warning against any attempt […]
The Kwara State Government has restated its resolve to uphold the Constitution of the Nation especially the freedom of worship and association. The State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed stated this in his message delivered today at the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church, Ilorin District Headquarters. Governor Ahmed who was represented by his Special Adviser on […]
Regardless of the ongoing industrial action by workers in Osun, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, is expected to present the budget for the 2018 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly for scrutiny and approval in line with Section 121 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This was contained in a press statement […]