Senate begins moves to amend 1999 Constitution with 13 bills
The Senate today begin moves to amend the 1999 Constitution with 13
bills seeking the review of various sections of the constitution. At
today’s plenary, all the bills were referred to the Constitution Review
committee chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
Eleven
of the 13 bills are on second reading and the remaining two are on
first reading...
It was reported that three of the bills were sponsored by
Senator Babajide Omoworare (APC, Osun East) while, the duo of Senator
Rose Oko (PDP, Cross River North) and Senator Philip Aduda (PDP, FCT)
sponsored two each. On their parts, Senator Theodore Orji (PDP, Abia
Central), Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC, Nasarawa West), Senator Stella
Oduah (PDP, Anambra North), Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah (APC, Kebbi
South), Senator Olusola Adeyeye (APC, Osun Central) and Senator Gbolahan
Dada (APC, Ogun West) sponsored a bill each on the amendment of the
country’s constitution.
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, gave the
Constitution review committee four weeks to report back. “All the bills
on the Constitution review are hereby referred to the Committee on
Constitution review for further legislative actions, “he said
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