Constitution Amendment: Like Senate, House Transmits 35 Bills to Buhari Udora Orizu in Abuja The House of Representatives has directed the Clerk to the National Assembly to transmit the 35 bills that have so far met the
The House of Representatives has directed the Clerk to the National Assembly to transmit the 35 bills that have so far met the requirement of the provisions of Section 9 of the Constitution to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.
The House urged the following State Houses of Assembly – Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kwara, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, and Zamfara – yet to forward their resolution on the bills to do so in fulfillment of their constitutionally imposed legislative obligation to the constitution amendment process. While acknowledging that 27 Houses of Assembly forwarded their resolutions on the proposed legislations, he said the under listed 35 Constitution Alteration Bills had satisfied the provisions of Section 9 of the Constitution, for passage into law, having been approved by not less than 24 State Houses of Assembly. Constitution Bill No. 4–Change of Name of Kunchi Local Government Constitution Bill No. 5–Change of Names of Egbado North and Egbado South Local Government Areas ;Constitution Bill No.
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