CONSTITUTION REVIEW: REPS UNVEILS TIMELINE TO MEET WITH GOVERNORS, STATE ASSEMBLY SPEAKERS, EDITORS, OTHERS
29-05-25
By Sadiq Aminu The Constitution Review Committee of the House of Representatives is set to meet with the Nigerian Governors Forum, to present bills currently under consideration and seek their support for passage.
The Committee will also meet with the Speakers of the 36 State Houses of Assembly in a joint retreat with Senate Constitution Review members to harmonize bills and ensure consistency across the country.
The House Committee has slated an engagement with media executives, including the Guild of Editors, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), and Nigerian Broadcasters Association (NBN); the civil society organizations and the diplomatic community, amongst others to facilitate public discussions and education on constitutional issues, promoting transparency and accountability in the review process.
The meetings are a part of the Committee’s efforts to ensure the successful passage of key bills in the review by December 2025.
The Deputy Speaker of the House and Chairman, Constitution Review Committee, Mr. Benjamin Kalu made the disclosure while unveiling a detailed timeline of activities at a meeting of the panel held at the National Assembly Complex Abuja.
“We urge members to work assiduously to ensure that the current Bills before the Committee are passed by December 2025 while also considering the possibility of a second round of amendments, as new Bills are still being sponsored by members.
”Steady progress is being made on our work plan implementation and our targets are achievable. However, there are some crucial activities that ought to be accomplished within the given timeframe.
”The second meeting/engagement with the Nigerian Governors Forum is expected to hold on Wednesday, 23 July, 2025 to present to them the Bills currently under consideration as requested during previous engagement, seek their support on the proposed amendments, secure buy-in and backing for the passage of contentious bills.
The Deputy Speaker, also gave a timeline of the anticipated public and national hearings on the bills as well as a meeting with the 18 registered political parties in the country, saying that the idea is to ultimately aggregate the views of Nigerians.
Mr. Kalu also explained that the House will hold a one week plenary debate on the bills while voting on them is expected to hold on October before transmission of the bills to the State Assembly.