Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, has reaffirmed the National Assembly’s commitment to delivering people-centred and timely amendments to the 1999 Constitution.
He made this known in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashiru, and issued to journalists in Abuja.
Speaking ahead of the two-day joint retreat of the Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution in Lagos, Senator Jibrin urged lawmakers to remain focused on the collective goal of transmitting the first set of amendments to State Houses of Assembly before the end of the year.
The retreat was organised to allow members of the joint committees to review the proposed amendments “clause-by-clause.”
A total of 69 bills, 55 state creation requests, two boundary adjustments, and 278 local government creation requests will be considered during the retreat.
The statement explained that as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Barau emphasised that they are expected to resolve these issues and make recommendations to their colleagues in both chambers.
He added that It is not going to be a simple task to achieve within two days, but I believe we can do it, especially as we have promised Nigerians that we will deliver the first set of amendments to the State Houses of Assembly before the end of this year.
Senator Barau, who also serves as the First Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, urged lawmakers to focus on what best serves the citizens of Nigeria and avoid competitive debates.
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