Browsing: Devolution of Power

Saraki disclosed this to newsmen during the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in St. Petersburg, Russia on Tuesday

Lasun gave the assurance on Sunday at St. Petersburg, Russia, while speaking to newsmen on the sidelines of the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly

Ambode spoke at the Fourth Quarter, 2017 Town Hall Meeting, the ninth in the series, held at the SUBEB Proposed Permanent Site in Kosofe Local Government Area

Ekweremadu, who is also the chairman of the review of the 1999 constitution, lobbied state governors on financial autonomy for local governments and State Houses of Assembly.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 57th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos, Ambode tasked lawyers to utilize the golden opportunity of the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution to lend their voices to the call for redress of all the aberrations that had stunted growth and inhibited capacity of States to harness their potentials

Saraki made this known when he appeared on a News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja

In a statement released by his media office in Abuja, the Waziri of Adamawa decried the lost opportunity to honour one of the party’s election promises to bring about change by shifting power closer to the people in the remotest regions of Nigeria.

The House approved the Devolution of Power proposal, a move that was aborted by the Senate on Wednesday

The Senate adhoc Committee on Review of 1999 Constitution had presented 33 clauses for amendment, but the Senate passed 29

The amendment had sought to move certain items to the concurrent legislative list to give more powers to the States

The Chairman, Senate Sdhoc Committee on the Review of 1999 Constitution, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, in the report of the Committee presented for consideration on the floor of the Senate, said part of the amendment is to remove Land Use Act from the Constitution‎ so that it could be subjected to regular process of amendment