New Constitution to be ready March— Dep. Speaker

     

     The National Assembly on Friday, assured Nigerians that a new constitution will be ready between February and March, 2017 to give the presidency ample time to go into it for assent. This is as the erudite jurist, Prince Bola Ajibola, SAN, has said that the country has never had it so bad in terms of economic situation as it was presently, adding that recession, oppression and depression in the polity were alien to the country.

      Representatives and Chairman, House Ad-Hoc Committee on Constitution amendment, Yussuf Lasun has said that to make the ongoing constitution amendment process more flexible and practicable, the 4th Alteration Bill has been segmented into 14 Bills, while the House was considering over 30 Bills referred to the Committee by the 8th Assembly. 

Source- Vanguard

      

      In order to make the amendment process more flexible and practicable, the 4th Alteration Bill has been segmented into 14 Bills and we are presently considering over thirty (30) Bills referred to the Committee by the 8th Assembly.  Having considered the reasons why the Alteration Bill in the 7th Assembly was declined by the President, we have decided that the process should commence de-novo and fast-tracked to ensure a timeous passage of the Bills.