Constitutional Amendment Without Debate: 39 Bills Scale Second Reading In HOR

In the House of Representatives (HOR), 39 measures for constitutional amendments have advanced to second

reading.

Judicial reforms, election security and policing, inclusive government, the legislature, and other areas are among the

many areas that the legislation touches.

Some of the proposals include:

A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to provide for the establishment of

state police and local government police

A bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), to

provide that general elections to the office of the president, state governors, National Assembly, state Houses of

Assembly, and local government area councils shall be conducted simultaneously on the same date to be determined

by the Independent National Electoral Commission in consultation with the National Assembly.

A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to make the Court of Appeal the final

appeal court in governorship, national, and state Houses of Assembly election petitions.

A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, cap. c23, Laws of the Federation of

Nigeria, 1999 (power of proclamation of new Assembly by Clerk or NASS/Clerk of House Assembly) and to make

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provision for the Chief Justice of Nigeria to make proclamation on the inauguration of the National Assembly.

A bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to establish the

FCT House of Assembly.

A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as altered), to provide for special

seats for the physically challenged persons in Nigeria’s federal, state, and local government areas, and legislative

houses.

A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 to permit public servants to engage in

healthcare education, production, and services beyond farming and related matters.

A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, cap. c23 Laws of the Federation of

Nigeria, 2004, to establish and empower the political parties registration and regulatory commission to register,

regulate, and monitor the organisation and operation of political parties.

A bill for an Act to further alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to provide for the

determination of all appeals arising from election petition tribunals prior to swearing-in of president-elect, vice-

president-elect, governor-elect, deputy governor-elect, members-elect of the national and state assemblies.

A bill for an act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) to

vest the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with the power to conduct local government area council elections.

A bill for an Act to alter Sections 68(1)(g) & 109(1)(g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as

amended) to require the official resignation from a political party before defection by members of the national

assembly and state house of assembly.

A bill for an Act to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, cap. c23, Laws of the Federation of

Nigeria, 2004, to establish the national local government electoral commission as an independent body responsible

for organising, conducting, and supervising elections into the offices of chairmen and councillors of all the local

governments across the federation, including the area councils of the Federal Capital Territory.

However, according to sources, there was no discussion on the bills.