Aluta News/ Stakeholders from the North-West zone have renewed calls for the creation of new states, citing improved development, equity and security as key motivations. The demands were presented at the North-West zonal public hearing of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), held onContinue Reading
May 5, 2024 A civil rights activist and social critic, Sen. Shehu Sani, says the nation has always dodged real issues affecting development in each constitutional amendment process. Sani said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. He said that real developmentContinue Reading
By Aluta News March 17, 2023 The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Ahmed Wase has commended President Muhammadu Buhari, for assenting to some momentous legislations that altered some provisions of the 1999 Constitution. Wase, who doubles as the Chairman, Special Ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of 1999Continue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 24, 2023 The Senate has approved 35 items out of the 44 Constitution Alteration Bills forwarded to State Houses of Assembly for concurrence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 24 out of the 36 assemblies voted for the 35 items with complete exclusion ofContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 13, 2021 The Original Inhabitants Development Association (OIDA) has called for the amendment of section 299 of the 1999 constitution to make Abuja a state. Pst. Danladi Jeji, President of OIDA, said this in Abuja, on Saturday, at a stakeholder debriefing meeting of the FCT originalContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 3, 2021 The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, has asked the National Assembly to mandate the National Judicial Council (NJC) to fix and review salaries of judges every four years. The CJN made the submission in a paper he presented as recommendations ofContinue Reading
The House of Representatives Special Committee on Constitution Review has fixed June 1 to June 3 for its zonal public hearing taking place across the country’s six geopolitical zones. Umar Puma, Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rep Ahmed Wase, said in a statement on MondayContinue Reading
