The House of Representatives special ad-hoc committee on the review of 1999 constitution has laid its report before the House at plenary on Wednesday.
The presentation was witnessed by the First Lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari who was accompanied by the minister of women affairs, Mrs Paulene Tallen, the minister for finance, budget and national planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed and other top government functionaries.
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives , Rt. Hon Ahmed Idris Wase, who is the Chairman of the committee on the review of the 1999 constitution made the presentation on behalf of the committee.
He thanked the Speaker and members of the House for the support and cooperation giving to the committee in the course of their assignment.
He said the report would be shared to all members to enable them have a copy each for voting on the recommendations on 2nd and 3rd March.
The committee received a total of 187 memoranda with 1, 909 specific recommendations from across the country.
The report is made up of 68 bills with thematic areas bordering on Local Government Administration and Autonomy, the Legislature, Judicial Reform, State Creation, State Police, Devolution of Powers, Women and Vulnerable Groups, Strengthening of Institutions, Good Governance, Political Parties and Electoral Matters, Traditional Institution, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Fundamental Human Rights and National Security.
