The Northern Senators Forum under the Chairmanship of Senator Aliyu Wammako has held a closed meeting, which lasted for over two hours.
This is coming ahead of the voting by the Senate on amendments proposed to the 1999 Constitution by the review committee.
It was gathered that the meeting was held in order to get block votes on issues of interest to the Northern region.
After the meeting, the Northern senators declined to speak with newsmen.
The Senators are expected to vote electronically.
After the voting process, the bills that are approved will be sent to the 36 the states Houses of Assembly for votes.
It is mandatory that each alteration passed by the National Assembly must receive support of simple majority of votes in at least two-thirds of States Houses of Assembly in the federation.
And the amendments that receive such approvals will be sent to the president for assent.
The lawmakers are expected to vote on Financial Autonomy state Assemblies and Judiciary, pension for top lawmakers, diaspora voting, extra seats for women in the legislature, independent candidacy, remote trial and many more.
