Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has expressed that the review of the constitution will address the foundational problems of the country.
Hence, Gbajabiamila called for collaboration between the National Assembly and the 36 state Houses of Assembly to make the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution successful.
He made this call at a meeting of the Conference of Presiding Officers of Nigerian Legislatures (COPON) in Abuja.
He also stated that the legislature remained the most important arm of government in any democratic setting.
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Gbajabiamila noted that the intention of the “wholesale review of our nation’s constitution” was “using the constitutional amendment process to address the foundational deficiencies in our constitution that continue to mitigate against the attainment of an honourable, peace and universal prosperity in our country.”
He expressed that once the National Assembly was done with its part, it would forward the constitution review document to state Houses of Assembly for their inputs.
The Speaker added, “That process of constitutional review cannot succeed without strategic collaboration between all of us who are here today. So, I ask of you that we take the opportunity of this conference to agree on the things we wish to achieve so that we can begin now to devise the strategies through which we can achieve our objectives.”