Senate- Ongoing amendment of the law will reposition local government administration in Nigeria

    Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution says that the ongoing amendment of the law will reposition local government administration in Nigeria, entrust more powers to the states and reform the judicial system.

   The deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who is the Chairman of the committee disclosed this at the end of the committee’s meeting yesterday at the National Assembly.
    Ekweremadu said the amendment would be concluded soon to further reform the nation’s electoral system.

  He also said the experts working with the House of Representatives and the Senate committees on the constitution amendment project had already harmonized their positions ahead of a joint retreat to vote and adopt the proposals.

   After the adoption, he stressed that it would be presented to both chambers of the National Assembly for approval and subsequently to the state Houses of Assembly for ratification.