The former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has said the controversial “Infectious Diseases Bill” currently before the National Assembly may not pass because provisions of the bill are
inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution.Ekweremadu, who represents Enugu West Constituency in the Senate, said this while featuring on a radio programme, Political Voices, monitored by our correspondent in Enugu on Friday.
“That is not in tandem with the provisions of our Constitution, especially Section 4, 8 of our constitution. That is Section 4, subsection 8 that deals with the issue of courts and court jurisdictions. Section 4 sub-section 8 says that ‘no attempt should be made by either the National Assembly or any state Assembly to make a law that purports or in effect houses the jurisdiction of the court.
The order seeks the implementation of the financial autonomy granted to state legislature and judiciary as already contained in the amendments to the Constitution, carried out by the 8th National Assembly. The lawmaker said, “There has been a lot of misconception regarding that Executive Order. In the first place, it was quite unnecessary.“We, the members of the 8th Assembly, passed the amendment to the Constitution to grant financial autonomy to the state judiciary and legislature because we believed that for the sake of their independence, they should be on the First Line Charge of the states’ Consolidated Revenue Account.
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