‘Right to free basic education, national grid devolution’ — inside the 35 constitution amendment bills | TheCable
‘Right to free basic education, national grid devolution’ — inside the 35 constitution amendment billsThe senate, on Tuesday, said 35 constitution amendment bills have been passed by state assemblies.the clerk of the national assembly to transmit the bills to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.
Among the proposed legislations not approved by the state assemblies are bills seeking financial and legislative autonomy for local governments. In March 2022, the senate and house of representatives voted on bills seeking to amend the 1999 constitution.The red and green chambers agreed on some of the bills and differed on others, while a total of 44 bills were transmitted to the state houses of assembly.
According to sections 9 and of the 1999 constitution, two-thirds of all the state assemblies — 24 states — are required for each amendment to be approved.BILLSThe bill seeks to change the names of Afikpo north and Afikpo south LGAs to “Afikpo” and “Edda” LGAs, respectively.Constitution Bill No 5 The bill seeks to change the names of Egbado north and Egbado south LGAs to “Yewa north” and “Yewa south” LGAs, respectively.Constitution Bill No 8 This bill seeks to provide the framework for the implementation of the financial autonomy already granted by earlier alterations of the constitution for state houses of assemblies and state judiciaries, by the creation of a disbursement committee to superintend the release of appropriated sums to the legislative and judicial arms.
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