The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has said the National Assembly is currently considering 69 bills, 55 state creation requests, two boundary adjustments and 278 local government creation proposals in the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution.
Barau, who chairs the Senate Committee on Constitution Review, disclosed this at the opening of a two-day joint retreat of the Senate and House Committees on Constitution Review in Lagos.
He reaffirmed the legislature’s commitment to delivering people-centred and timely amendments, urging members to work towards transmitting the first set of amendments to state assemblies before the end of the year.
“It has been a long journey engaging constituents, stakeholders and interest groups across the country, which has culminated in these proposals before us,” Barau noted in a statement by his special adviser on media and publicity, Ismail Mudashir.
Acknowledging the complexity of the task, he called for open-mindedness and patriotism.
“We are seated here as one committee. There should be no ‘we’ and ‘them.’ Let us be guided by the interests of Nigerians,” stated Barau, who also serves as the First Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament.
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