NASS adopts confab report for constitutional review

dimeji akinloye

July 1, 2016 11:05 AM

Although the stand of the Senate on the document is still unclear as it was, on Thursday, June 30, silent on its plans.

The House of Representatives has adopted the

Although the Senate stand on the document is still unclear as it was, on Thursday, June 30, silent on its plans.

The Upper Chamber has however adopted the report of the fourth alteration on the Constitution which former President Goodluck Jonathan did not sign into law before leaving office, report said.

According to multiple sources, the federal lawmakers adopted the report because they are convinced that the document contains useful ideas that could put the country on the path of greatness.

“It therefore means that the proponents and opponents of the report can now come to the National Assembly and do business with lawmakers who are true representatives of the people. It is an endorsement of the work of the elders and patriots who were paid from the national coffers to sit and discuss our common project,” Guardian quoted a source to have said.

The confab report adoption was confirmed in statement issued on Thursday from the Office of the Deputy Speaker, Sulaimon Lasun Yusuf.

The decision to adopt the report was taken at a working session/retreat of the committee recently in Abuja.

“The meeting was presided over by the chairman of the committee who doubles as the Deputy Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Sulaimon Lasun Yussuff,” the statement said.

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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) David Babachir Lawal, had described the 2014 confab as a “job for the boys", the comment which was berated by the Deputy Chairman of the Conference, Professor Bolaji Akinyemi.