Deputy Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu has stated that the primary draft report of the continued evaluate of the 1999 structure could be prepared in August 202.
He equally stated the ultimate clear copy for the presidential assent after the voting on the anticipated problems with concern by the 2 chambers of the Nationwide Meeting could be out in August, 2025.
Kalu dropped the hints at a press convention by the Home Committee on Structure Evaluation on Thursday.
It might be recalled that the committee on its inauguration, Monday, in Abuja, gave a 24-month timeline for the conclusion of the train.
On the press convention, Kalu who doubles because the chairman of the committee stated: “We’re pushing to make sure that in our actions, that in no distant time, the primary draft of the work we are attempting to do within the structure will probably be prepared.
“This will probably be topic to approval of the work accomplished by the subcommittee. Let me point out that by our goal, the primary draft of the structure will probably be out in August 2024.
“Second draft will probably be out in October 2024, we’ll begin zonal inputs from October 2024, we’ll maintain accumulating inputs from residents from 14th October 2024 as we put together for the final model or the final draft copy of the structure.
“We hope that there will probably be a harmonization of the problems, on the twenty seventh, twenty eighth February 2025.
“We hope that in a technical working retreat that can happen in February 2025, the Senate and the Home of Representatives paperwork will probably be harmonized.
“It’s our want that on the seventeenth of March 2025, we can have harmonized paperwork thought of within the Home. It’s our imagine that by April 2025, we can have the ultimate copies of draft amendments produced.
“We’re optimistic additionally that by twelfth Might 2025, we’ll have, the ultimate clear copy of amendments’ payments agreed on.
“And we’re taking a look at twenty second Might 2025, as a time after we can have last report laid for consideration and voting.
“That is to say that members will probably be voting on the work now we have accomplished on this vital date of twenty second Might 2025.
“We’re believing that across the twenty ninth of Might or thirteenth of June, understanding absolutely properly what these vital dates imply to Nigerians, we’ll count on the ultimate concurrence of state assemblies secured.
“If it delays greater than that, it won’t transcend August of 2025 as a result of we imagine that by August 2025, the president will obtain the payments that will probably be offered to him for presidential assent. So, our targets are that transmission of payments to Mr President for assent will happen August 2025.
“And with this, we’re certain that our goal to get this job accomplished in 24 months will probably be achieved if we ship it to Mr President by August 2025 and hoping that by December we can have a structure that’s absolutely amended.”
The Deputy Speaker additionally known as for submission of memoranda from completely different curiosity teams, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Labour Unions, related establishments of presidency and the members of most people to help the committee’s work.
He stated that the thematic areas included Federal Construction and Energy Devolution; Native Authorities/Native Authorities Autonomy; Public Income, Fiscal Federation, and Income Allocation; Nigerian Police and Nigerian Safety Structure; Complete Judicial Reforms; Electoral Reforms to strengthen INEC to ship clear, credible, free and honest elections; Socio-economic and cultural rights as contained in Chapter 2 of the
structure and Conventional Establishments.
Different are Problems with Gender; Strengthening the Independence of oversight establishments and companies created by the structure or pursuant to an Act of the Nationwide Meeting; Residency and Indigene Provisions; Immunity; The Nationwide Meeting; Technique of state creation and State entry to mining.
“In train of the powers conferred on the Legislature by Sections 4, 8, and 9 of the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as Amended) and Order 20, Rule 30 of the Standing Orders of the Home of Representatives (eleventh Version) and the Legislative Agenda of the tenth Home of Representatives, I’m happy to ask the Government and Judicial our bodies, State Governments, Ladies Teams, Lecturers, Civil Society Organizations, Labour Unions, Skilled our bodies, Ethnic
Nationalities, Nigerians within the Diaspora, Diplomats and most people, to submit memoranda or proposals for additional alteration(s) of the 1999 Structure (as amended) on the next thematic areas: The Federal Construction and Energy Devolution; Native Authorities/Native Authorities Autonomy; Public Income, Fiscal Federation, and Income Allocation; Nigerian Police and Nigerian Safety Structure; Complete Judicial Reforms; Electoral Reforms to strengthen INEC to ship clear, credible, free and honest elections; Socio-economic and cultural rights as contained in Chapter 2 of the
structure; Conventional Establishments; Problems with Gender; Strengthening the Independence of oversight establishments and companies created by the structure or pursuant to an Act of the Nationwide Meeting; Residency and Indigene Provisions; Immunity; The Nationwide Meeting; Technique of state creation; State entry to mining”, he stated.
The committee, nevertheless, prolonged the decision for memoranda to “another matter that can promote good governance and the welfare of all individuals in our nation on the ideas of freedom, equality, and justice.”
