Tag: 1999 Constitution
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Delta Assembly commences review of 1999 Constitution
The Delta House of Assembly on Monday commenced legislative action on the review of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, Fifth Alteration Bill. To commence the process, the Speaker, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori in Asaba led members and some management staff of the assembly on a two-day retreat to examine the bill ahead of…
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Senate to vote on report of constitution review committee next Tuesday
The Senate will next week Tuesday vote on the report of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review on amendments to the 1999 Constitution.
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Nigeria@61: Buhari using ‘flawed’ 1999 constitution to cage Nigerians – NADECO
The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of using the disputed 1999 constitution to cage Nigerians. The group therefore requested that a new constitution be put in place before the next general election saying doing other wise make elections defective. It’s National Secretary, Ayo Opadokun, stated this in a democracy…
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Catholic Bishops demands removal of Sharia law from 1999 Constitution
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has asked the National Assembly to expunge from the 1999 Constitution all references to Sharia Islamic law. The Bishops also urged the lawmakers to project the secularity of Nigeria pursuant to Sections 10 and 38 of the Constitution as no other religion is recognised by the supreme law…
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Why Nigeria must scrap 1999 constitution, adopt 1963 Republican Charter – Sagay
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay (SAN) has advocated for immediate scrapping of the 1999 Constitution and adoption of the 1963 Republican Charter. “My own personal preference is that we should scrap this Constitution and adopt the 1963 Republican Constitution,” Sagay said on a monitored Channels Television programme on…
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Peace won’t reign in Nigeria until we amend 1999 constitution – Gani Adams
Gani Adams, Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, says the 1999 constitution (as amended) is “satanic and wicked” while stressing that until it is amended Nigeria may not know peace. Adams said this on Wednesday when he featured on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. The Aare Ona kakanfo of Yorubaland said the country is being…
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Nigeria cannot have a new constitution – Omo-Agege
Those agigating for a brand new Constitution in Nigeria may have to perish the thought as the National Assembly lacks the powers to do so, Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has said. Speaking when he hosted members of Alliance of Nigerian Patriots in Abuja, Omo-Agege who chairs the Senate Adhoc Committee on…
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Northern elders tags senate’s plan to review 1999 Constitution is a waste of time
The Northern Elders’ Forum, NEF, has declared that the recent publication by the Senate ad-hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) is of no value. It described it as a waste of time, resources and energy of the nation. The NEF suggested that “the exercise should not be supported by any…
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1999 Constitution: Key areas in need of review revealed
The secretariat of the Senate Committee on Constitution review has identified key areas that need review in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who is also the Chairman of the committee, made this known following the inaugural meeting of the committee…
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Amotekun legal, deeply rooted in 1999 Constitution, Afe Babalola tells FG
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Aare Afe Babalola, on Sunday said that any attempt by the Federal Government or its appendages to terminate the South Western Nigeria security outfits code-named ‘Operation Amotekun’ will fail. The initiative, according to him, is deeply rooted in the 1999 constitution. Babalola spoke on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital,…