Constitution Amendment: Lawmakers Transmit 35 Bills To President ConstitutionAmendment
Labour unions in the country also threatened to mobilise workers, particularly local government employees, against the state governments.
Omo-Agege had told LEADERSHIP at the weekend that 35 bills were ready, saying he will not allow the constitution amendment to go silent, adding that they will collaborate with the House of Representatives and forward the bills that are ready to Buhari for his assent. Also in the bills to be forwarded to Buhari are Constitution Bill No. 24 ; Constitution Bill No. 25 ; Constitution Bill No. 29 ; Constitution Bill No. 30 .
Constitution Bill No. 49 ; Constitution Bill No. 50 ; Constitution Bill No. 51 , and Constitution Bill No. 53 . The Senate also urged Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kwara, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Zamfara States’ Houses of Assembly to forward their resolutions on the bills in fulfillment of their constitutionally imposed legislative obligation to the constitution amendment process.
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