Constitution review: Osinbajo’s wife in senate to observe voting process

The wife of the Vice President, Dolapo Osinbajo, is at the Senate to witness the voting process on the 68 proposed amendments to the 1999 Constitution.

Mrs Osinbajo was accompanied to the Senate chamber by the Minister of Women Affairs, Paulin Tallen, Director General of Women Development Centre and other women leaders.

Senate President Ahmad Lawan who welcomed the Vice President’s wife to the Senate commended women for showing interest in the constitutional development in the country.

Recalled that the First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari was, last Tuesday, at the National Assembly to observe the laying of the report of the Ad hoc Committee on the 1999 Constitution Review.

Aisha Buhari was accompanied by the Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed and a delegation of Nigerian women to the parliament.

They were in the parliament to show support for a bill to have more female parliamentarians at the federal and state legislatures and other provisions that deal with women’s issues.

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Constitution review: Osinbajo’s wife in senate to observe voting process