The House of Representatives on Wednesday named a 46-member committee to begin a fresh amendment to the 1999 Constitution.
The committee, which is headed by the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha, has representation from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Also, the Senate on Wednesday reconstituted its committee on the Review of the constitution, with the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, as its chairman.
The President of the Senate, David Mark, who read out the names of the 47 members of the committee, however, did not announce the other standing committees of the Senate as expected.
Besides Ihedioha, eight other principal officers are to serve on the House committee.
They are the Majority Leader (yet to be named); Chief Whip, Mr. Ishiaka Bawa; Deputy Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor; Deputy Chief Whip, Mr. Ahmed Mukhar; Minority Leader, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila; Deputy Minority Leader, Mr. Samson Osagie; Minority Whip, Mr. Suleiman Kawu; and Deputy Minority Whip, Mr. Garba Datti.
The Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, announced the committee members during the day’s plenary in Abuja.
The 6th House in conjunction with the Senate had amended the constitution on three different occasions, placing emphasis on electoral reforms.
Mark, however, kept Senators in the dark over the membership of the committees which is being expected before the end of the week.
Although senators had expected the announcement of the committees on Wednesday, Mark spurned a surprise when he named only the membership of the review committee.
A Senator told our correspondent on the telephone that the President of the Senate was keeping the committees closed to his chest.
He said it was difficult for any person to know what the content of the list of committees would be.
“If anybody tells you he knows what the committee will look like, it is a lie. No one knows yet until it is named by the Senate President,” he said.
Meanwhile, the House resolved to make budgetary provisions for projects in the 2012 budget to tackle the flood disaster in Ibadan, Oyo State.
It also resolved to “set up a delegation to visit Ibadan to commiserate with the state government and people as well as undertake on-the-spot assessment” of the affected areas.
A lawmaker from Oyo State, Mr. Ajbola Muraina, in a motion recalled that “hundreds of people were killed” while property quantified in billions of naira were destroyed by the August 26 flooding of the city.
By John Ameh Courtesy Of: Punch
The committee, which is headed by the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha, has representation from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Also, the Senate on Wednesday reconstituted its committee on the Review of the constitution, with the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, as its chairman.
The President of the Senate, David Mark, who read out the names of the 47 members of the committee, however, did not announce the other standing committees of the Senate as expected.
Besides Ihedioha, eight other principal officers are to serve on the House committee.
They are the Majority Leader (yet to be named); Chief Whip, Mr. Ishiaka Bawa; Deputy Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor; Deputy Chief Whip, Mr. Ahmed Mukhar; Minority Leader, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila; Deputy Minority Leader, Mr. Samson Osagie; Minority Whip, Mr. Suleiman Kawu; and Deputy Minority Whip, Mr. Garba Datti.
The Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, announced the committee members during the day’s plenary in Abuja.
The 6th House in conjunction with the Senate had amended the constitution on three different occasions, placing emphasis on electoral reforms.
Mark, however, kept Senators in the dark over the membership of the committees which is being expected before the end of the week.
Although senators had expected the announcement of the committees on Wednesday, Mark spurned a surprise when he named only the membership of the review committee.
A Senator told our correspondent on the telephone that the President of the Senate was keeping the committees closed to his chest.
He said it was difficult for any person to know what the content of the list of committees would be.
“If anybody tells you he knows what the committee will look like, it is a lie. No one knows yet until it is named by the Senate President,” he said.
Meanwhile, the House resolved to make budgetary provisions for projects in the 2012 budget to tackle the flood disaster in Ibadan, Oyo State.
It also resolved to “set up a delegation to visit Ibadan to commiserate with the state government and people as well as undertake on-the-spot assessment” of the affected areas.
A lawmaker from Oyo State, Mr. Ajbola Muraina, in a motion recalled that “hundreds of people were killed” while property quantified in billions of naira were destroyed by the August 26 flooding of the city.
By John Ameh Courtesy Of: Punch
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