Constituencies, Unions Appeal For LGAs Financial Autonomy In Jigawa
Representatives from all the 30 political constituencies in Jigawa State, trade unions and women groups have signed a memorandum to appeal for local government and state house of assembly financial…
Reps Attribute Rejection Of Women’s Bills To Late Lobbying
House of Representatives has attributed the rejection of women Bills by the lawmakers during the constitutional amendment process to late lobbying by the stakeholders. Spokesman of the House Mr Benjamin…
Breaking: NASS Approves Autonomy For Local Governments
National Assembly on Tuesday granted financial and administrative autonomy to all the local governments across Nigeria. This was done when the lawmakers voted on 68 Constitution Amendment bills at their…
Reps Reject Bill Seeking Special Seats For Women Lawmakers
House of Representatives has rejected the Bill seeking to provide special seats for women in the states and National Assemblies as 209 Lawmakers voted against it. Other Bills rejected by…
Constitution Review: NLC Visits Nat’l Assembly, Witnesses Voting Proceedings
National Assembly has assured the Nigeria Labour Congress that the voting exercise in the constitutional review report will be done in favour of Nigerians. The House leader Hon Alasan Ado…
Legislative Synergy Pivotal To Constitutional Review Success – Omo Agege
A joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Constitution review has assured that the retreat organized with speakers of states Assemblies provides an opportunity to interface, reflect…
Nigerian Constitution Permits Muslim Women to Wear Hijab—Adamu Adamu
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, says the Nigerian Constitution permits Muslim women to wear hijab. This is as he called for dialogue on matters of religion instead of resorting to…
Kano State Expresses Support For Review Of Constitution
From Khadijah Aliyu, Kano kano state Governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has expressed the support for the current review of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As…
Senate Begins Constitution Review, Thursday
The National Public Hearing of the Senate Committee on the Review of the Nigerian Constitution begins tomorrow, Thursday 3 to Friday, 4 June 2021. A statement by the Deputy Senate…
Constitution Review: ‘Current Structure Overburdens FG’ – El Rufai
From Aminu Dalhatu Governor Nasiru El Rufai of Kaduna state says the devolution of powers is necessary because the current structure overburdens the federal government with too many responsibilities which…