THE House of Representatives has adopted a new method to send the amended versions of the 1999 Constitution in different related bills to President Muhammadu Buhari, for assent. The new method, according to the House, is to avoid the mistakes by the 7th Assembly where, after concluding the constitution amendment, a single bill was sent to the then President Goodluck Jonathan who incidentally withheld his assent based on the alleged error on a particular section, thus thwarting the efforts and resources expended on the exercise. The present method, which was the suggestion of Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on the Review of 1999 Constitution and Deputy Speaker of the House, Yusuf Lasun, has received acceptance and commendations of members. The committee, according to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker, Wole Oladimeji, had concluded plans to carry out the alteration piece meal instead of codifying it in a single bill which would be easy to trash, if there was one or two errors. According to the statement, with the new system to be embarked upon before the end of the 8th assembly, all the sections of the constitution that needed to be amended would have been concluded and assented to by the President. This development, according to the statement, would produce about four or more bills to be presented to the President for assent. The deputy speaker explained that the reason to have up to four bills was to correct what the committee had suffered in the past, when the exercise was concluded but could not be assented to by the President due to one reason or the other. He said: “The resources and efforts were committed to the review of the constitution, members of the committee and all the professionals hired to assist travelled round the country to collate views of Nigerians and at the end of the day, the report of the exercise was thrown out and ended in the dust bin, this is not good for the nation.” ABIODUN View all posts by Abiodun → PREVIOUS POST Anambra Central Re-run: You can’t take part, Umeh tells Obi NEXT POST Mile 12 mayhem: Hausa traders flood Ogun cattle market You might also like How I raped pregnant corps member —Okada rider Photos: See Tiwa Savage's cute baby boy, other Mavins babies Pain, shame of getting pregnant for Wizkid @ 19 — Babymama Psquare's wives hail duo @ 34 It takes killing of three to be promoted to next level - 10-year-old boy Tonto Dikeh welcomes baby boy Boko Haram releases new video, shows missing Chibok girls Why Buhari didn't appoint Igbos as Service Chiefs — Oyegun Recommended by Disclaimer Comments expressed here do not reflect the opinions of vanguard newspapers or any employee thereof. 2 comments Sign in47 Post comment as... Newest | Oldest Da Swanky from Facebook27 minutes ago Na now una wan amend constitution that u people will use to govern us?? Buhari thinks he will remain on that seat 4 ever,that's why he feeled less concern and the people he appointed into different offices are weak. LikeReply Joy Kemi Bayo from Facebook55 minutes ago Contact or whatsapp Miss Joy on 09031962070 for sugar mummies,sugar daddies etc within Nigeria for serious and matured mind only..NOTE:Not for Married Men and Women and connections is not free. LikeReply HOME NEWS SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT TEXT SIZESMALLMEDIUMLARGE Vanguard NewsA Nigerian newspaper and Online version of the Vanguard, a daily publication in Nigeria covering Niger delta, general national news, politics, business, energy, sports, entertainment, fashion,lifestyle human interest stories, etc © 2016 Vanguard Media Limited, Nigeria
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