Reps to begin voting on ammendment of 1999 Constitution

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, said that the house would begin clause-by-clause voting on the 71 harmonised and proposed amendments to the 1999 Constitution on Wednesday.

Tambuwal said this on Tuesday after the Deputy Speaker, Emeka Ihedioha, presented the report of the committee on the proposed constitution.

Ihedioha, who is also the Chairman, Ad hoc Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution, presented a bill in respect of the proposal.

The bill was for an act to further alter the provisions of 1999 Constitution (as amended).

While announcing the decision, Tambuwal advised state caucus leaders in the house to mobilise their members for the voting.

He appealed to the lawmakers to begin to lobby their counterparts at the state houses of assembly to approve the proposed amendments to the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly.

“I therefore ask that all of us should act as advocates and lobbyists to the state houses of assembly, to approve what we have passed here.

“I will also plead with all of us to be here tomorrow for the voting.

“I also plead with state caucus leaders to get across to their members to be here tomorrow so that they can vote on the amendments,” he said.

(NAN)