Here is the Full List Of Constitution Amendments by Senate

It is current gathered that the Federal lawmakers on Wednesday cast their votes to amend sections in the fourth amendment of the 1999 Constitution.

Base on report reaching us here is a full list of the sections amended.

1. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, (Fourth Alteration) Bill, No. 1, 2017 (Composition of Members of the Council of State) – This bill seeks to amend the Third Schedule to include former Presidents of the Senate and Speakers of the House of Representatives in the composition of the Council of State.

2. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, (Fourth Alteration) Bill, No. 2, 2017 (Authorisation of Expenditure) – seeks to alter sections 82 and 122 of the Constitution to reduce the period within which the President or Governor of a state may authorise the withdrawal of monies from the consolidated revenue fund in the absence of an appropriation act from 6 months to 3 months.

3. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, (Fourth Alteration) Bill, No. 3, 2017 (Devolution of Powers) – This seeks to alter the Second Schedule, Part I & II to move certain items to the Concurrent Legislative List to give more legislative powers to States. It also delineates the

Latest gist as Senate okays independent candidature for elections, rejects devolution of powers

The latest news reveals that the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved independent candidature for the country’s electoral process.

The approval on Wednesday was part of the ongoing amendment of the 1999 constitution.

Before now, only political parties could sponsor candidates for elections in the

Update on 2017 budget: News as Osinbajo hits out at National Assembly for inserting new projects

Current news as the Nigeria Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the National Assembly has no right to introduce new projects or modify those contained in an appropriation bill.

It is gathered that Osinbajo said the Executive was disappointed in the legislature for delaying the passage of the 2017 Appropriation Bill which he signed yesterday.

He was speaking at the Old Banquet Hall of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki Said: Nigeria sits on ‘ticking time bomb

Current news report as the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has described as “alarming and a ticking time bomb’’ the no fewer than 10.5 million children in the country believed to be out of school.

According to report he was reacting to the statistics on out-of-school children released by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, on Sunday in Abuja.

Mr. Saraki, who spoke when he received a UNICEF delegation, led by its Country Representative, Mohammed Fall, said that the situation called for urgent attention by relevant stakeholders.

He lamented that Nigeria had the highest number of out-of-school children in the world, adding that the statistics represented approximately 20 per cent of the world’s population of