The Senate has passed 35 of the 44 bills in the Constitution Amendment bills to the President for assent, indicating that they have bowed to the pressure of the state governors’ refusal to pass the local government autonomy clause.
The lawmakers directed the Clerk to the National Assembly to transmit the 35 bills that have met the requirement of the provision of Section 9(2) of the Constitution, to the President for assent.
The constitution demands that at least 24 state assemblies must have passed the bill before the constitution amendment bill is transmitted to the President for assent. So far, the 35 bills have been considered by 27 state Houses of Assembly and approved by at least 24 state assemblies as required by law.
The states are: Abia, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Rivers and Yobe.
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