Legislature
Constitution Review: Senate to vote Next Week on Report
The Senate will on Wednesday received the report of its ad-hoc committee on the review of the 1999 constitution headed by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege.
The Deputy Senate President, Omo-Agege who presided over the plenary on Tuesday made the announcement.
Senator Omo-Agege said the report will be made available to all members of the Senate to enable them study it in preparation for voting on the amended clauses which is slated for Tuesday, 1st of March this year .
The Deputy Senate President urged all senators to be prepared to cast their votes on the allotted day.
He also said that the report after the vote by the two chambers of the National Assembly will be transmitted to State Houses of Assembly
for their inputs.
It would be recalled that constitution review is part of the legislative agenda of the ninth Senate with the promise to give Nigerians a contitution that would stand the test of time.