The National Assembly has assured that the report of its
Joint Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution would be presented to
both legislative chambers for consideration at the end of this month.
Chairman, Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999
Constitution and Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, disclosed this
Friday in Abuja at a joint retreat of the Senate and House of Representatives
Committees on Constitution Amendment.
He said: “I am therefore most delighted to see that we have
progressed to the point where we can now jointly decide on the report to be
presented to our colleagues for voting in plenary at the end of this month”.
Omo-Agege who is also the Co-Chairman, Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committees on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, disclosed that consultants had recommended over 55 bills from the hearings and memos submitted by the public.
The lawmaker said the COVID-19 pandemic hampered the work of
the panel to deliver on its timeline.
He commended his colleagues for their commitment, sacrifice
and dogged determination in ensuring that the committee delivers on its
mandate.
“I am aware that we have independently reviewed the
consultants’ reports and recommendations by way of re-couching, making
additional provisions, rejecting, and even introducing entirely new bills on
account of various advocacies and agitations on some issues of overriding
national concern. I believe that some of us will be seeing some of the Bills
the first time. As such, it is incumbent on us to painstakingly consider them
clause-by-clause. Let me reiterate, it will not be an easy task.
“We have two working days in this retreat and I wish to
encourage each and every one of us to give the work all the attention it
deserves, especially as we have limited time to present the report and transmit
to the State Houses of Assembly in line with our revised timeline and programme
of activities of the National Assembly this year. I am sure we are committed to
concluding this phase of the work within the timeline.
“As we critically consider the bills in the Working Document
before us in which the Secretariat has provided both the Senate and the House
versions, let our debates, opinions and decisions on the intendment and the
expressive clauses be guided by what is best for our people and national
interest,” he stated.
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