The Senate and House Representatives Special Ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has called on all members of the National Assembly to attend the special plenary on the Clause-by-Clause consideration and voting on all the alterations contained therein in the Bill which is presently before the two chambers.
In a statement jointly signed by the Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Committee and Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and the Co-Chairman and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase, members were enjoined to attend the special plenary scheduled for March 1, 2022, noting that attendance is of utmost importance.
“The 9th Senate and House of Representatives Special AD-Hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution do hereby inform all Members of the National Assembly that the Clause-by-Clause Consideration and voting on all Constitution Alteration Bills currently before the Senate and the House of Representatives has been scheduled for Tuesday, 1st March, 2022.
“Attendance is of utmost importance as voting shall be based on the total number of Members of National Assembly (109 Senators and 360 Honourable Members) and not on number of Members present, even if there is quorum.
“All Members of the Senate and House of Representatives are hereby advised to attend the Plenary and cast their votes on the proposed Constitution Alteration Bills”, the statement reads.
It would be recalled that the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari was in the National Assembly on Wednesday February 23 to observe the formal laying of the report of the Ad-Hoc Committee on the Review of Amendments to the 1999 Constitution.
She was reported to be in the National Assembly to show “support and solidarity of a provision in the Alteration Bill which seeks permanent seats for women in the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly as well as the gender bill that seeks affirmative action for women.”
The Vanguard reports that “the bill recommends a total of 105 seats for women in the National Assembly, including 36 in the Senate and 68 in the House of Representatives.”
