The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, will, on resumption from the Christmas/New Year recess, inaugurate the Special Ad-hoc Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution, the Nigerian Tribune gathered authoritatively.
The House is expected to resume legislative activities on Tuesday, January 23, 2024.
In line with extant legislative practice, the Special Ad-hoc Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution is chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Benjamin Kalu.
Membership in the Special Ad-hoc Committee is drawn from the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Section 9 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which stipulates the Code of Altering Provisions of the Constitution, provides that: (1) The National Assembly may, subject to the provisions of this section, alter any of the provisions of this Constitution.
(2) An Act of the National Assembly for the alteration of this Constitution, not being an Act to which Section 8 of this Constitution applies, shall not be passed in either House of the National Assembly unless the proposal is supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the members of that House and approved by resolution of the Houses of Assembly of not less than two-thirds of all the states.
(3) An Act of the National Assembly for the purpose of altering the provisions of this section, Section 8, or Chapter IV of this Constitution shall not be passed by either House of the National Assembly unless the proposal is approved by the votes of not less than a four-fifths majority of all the members of each House and also approved by resolution of the House of Assembly of not less than two-thirds of all the States.
(4) For the purposes of Section 8 of this Constitution and of Subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the number of members of each House of the National Assembly shall, notwithstanding any vacancy, be deemed to be the number of members specified in Sections 48 and 49 of this Constitution.
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