Senate on Tuesday began
consideration of constitutional amendment earlier rejected by President
Muhammadu Buhari.
There are seventeen clauses in
the earlier bills which President Muhammadu Buhari declined assent.
Those observations were referred
to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters headed by Senator David
Umaru which he turned in the last week.
The report indicated that there were flaws that made President
Muhammadu Buhari to decline assent which it adopted and reflected in the
affected bills.
The report further revealed that
extant laws on some aspects of the economy were adequate enough, hence, there
was no need to capture the affected area in the constitution.
“That some of the observations
raised by Mr President are rational and convincing. As a result, the Committee
adopted those observations and reflected them appropriately.
“That Mr President outrightly
withheld assent to some of the bills on grounds that the provisions of the
extant acts are adequate enough to address the issues raised in the proposed
legislation.”
“That it is not in every aspect
of the economy that should be regulated by the law, but rather by policies of
government. “, the report indicated.
The presentation of amended bills
followed the report which was laid before the Senate on Wednesday last week.
However, five out of seventeen amendment
bills went through the first reading on Tuesday preparatory to passing the
executive version into law.
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