Ahmad Lawan, president of the senate, says the national
assembly will ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari signs the remaining
constitutional amendment bills.
Lawan spoke on Tuesday at the resumption of plenary after
the governorship and state houses of assembly elections.
In January, 35 constitutional amendment bills were passed
and transmitted to Buhari for assent.
Last week, the president signed 16 of those bills into law.
Among the bills assented to was the financial independence
for state houses of assemblies and state judiciary.
Others were bills that seek to remove railway, prison, and
electricity from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list.
Speaking on the 19 pending bills, Lawan said the national
assembly would engage the executive to iron out the issues with the proposals.
The senate president said the incoming 10th assembly would
take over and address issues that can be fixed by the current crop of
lawmakers.
“I believe that there is a need for us to do further
engagement between the NASS and the executive arm of government,” Lawan said.
“Our Constitution Review Committee will engage the executive
arm of government so that we go through the items in those bills that have not
been assented to.
“What are the issues; are those issues, issues we can deal
with immediately because we have put in a lot of resources, and a lot of time
to produce those bills?
“I believe that maybe
there are a few explanations that we will make and they will be okay and we
will do that almost immediately because time is of the essence.
“Where the issues are too much to handle, I think the 10th
NASS should be able to attend to such issues.”
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