Tag: constitution review
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Constitution review: Senate fixes zonal public hearing for May 26, 27
Chairman, Senate Committee on Constitution Review, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has said the much-awaited zonal public hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution will hold from May 26 to 27. Omo-Agege, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yomi Odunuga, in Abuja, said the event would simultaneously hold across 12 state…
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Reps to establish constitution review committee Oct 25
The House of Representatives’ Special Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution will be inaugurated on October 25, 2020. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, made the statement at the plenary on Tuesday. The Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase, is to chair the committee. Giving details of the inauguration, a statement issued later by the Chief Press…
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Constitution review: Senate sets new deadline for submissions of memoranda
The Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has extended the submission of memoranda by two weeks. A statement from the Office of the Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, who is the committee’s chairman indicates that memoranda would now continue to be received until Sept. 25. The statement was…
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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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Constitution review: Position of Urhobo nation in process, says UPU P-G
The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) has said it was in the process of submitting to the National Assembly (NASS) a paper on the position of the Urhobo nation on the Constitution review before the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) struck. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Olorogun Moses Taiga, President-General of the umbrella body of the Urhobo nation made this…
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BREAKING: Senate Committee on Constitution Review inaugurated; Omo-Agege rolls out agenda
The Senate Committee on Constitution Review, chaired by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who has mapped out his vision for the Committee, has been inaugurated. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Committee was inaugurated on Wednesday at the conference room 022, Senate wing of the National Assembly (NASS) In his remarks, Senator Omo-Agege said the Committee will embark on…
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BREAKING: Senate adopts independent candidacy for forthcoming elections
The Senate on Wednesday has approved independent candidacy to stand for elections in Nigeria. The initiative, according to the lawmakers drawn from all the six geopolitical zones, is aimed at reducing the menace of imposition of candidates by various political parties. The resolution was passed at the at the plenary session today, recall that Senate…