The House of Representatives just reviewed and considered 33 BILLS from the Harmonised Report of the Committee on Constitution Review.
Details Presented Below:
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Bill 1: Members of the Council of States To Include former Senate President & House of Reps Speakers as members.
Yes – 274
No – 6
Abstain – 2
Bill 2: Reduction of Authorization of expenditure Before Budget Passage from 6 to 3 months
Yes: 295
No: 0
Abstain: 0
Bill 3: Devolution of Powers to States
Yes: 210
No: 71
Abstain: 0
Bill 4: Financial Autonomy for State Legislature.
Yes: 286
No: 10
Abstain: 1
Bill 5: Financial Autonomy to Local Government Areas
Yes: 291
No: 12
Abstain: 1
Bill 6: Democratic Existence Funding and Tenure of LGAs
Yes: 285
No: 7
Abstain: 1
Bill 7: State creation and boundary adjustment
Yes: 166
No: 125
Abstain: 3
Bill 8: Immunity for legislators for Words Spoken in Chamber or in Committee Meetings in Course of Duty
Yes: 288
No: 10
Abstain: 1
Bill 9: Political Parties and Electoral Matters: Time to conduct Bye Elections and Power to deregister parties
Yes: 293
No: 2
Abstain: 1
Bill 10: Presidential Assent To Constitution Amendment Bill
Yes: 248
No: 28
Abstain: 4
Bill 11: Time frame for submission of names of ministerial nominees
Yes: 248
No: 46
Abstain: 1
Bill 11b: Submission of Ministerial Nominees with their Portfolios
Yes: 248
No: 46
Abstain: 1
Bill 11c: 35% affirmative action for women as ministers
Yes: 248
No: 46
Abstain: 1
Bill 11d: Submission of Commissioners Nominees with their Portfolios
Yes: 248
No: 46
Abstain: 1
Bill 11e: Submission of names of office of commissioners shall be attached with portfolio
Yes: 248
No: 46
Abstain: 1
Bill 11f: 35% Affirmative Action For Women As States Commissioners
Yes: 248
No: 46
Abstain: 1
Bill 12: Appointment of Minister from the FCT
Yes: 191
No: 21
Abstain: 3
Bill 13: Change Of Names Of Some LG Councils: Ebonyi, Oyo, Ogun, Plateau and Rivers.
Yes: 220
No: 57
Abstain: 8
Bill 14: Independent Candidacy
Yes: 275
No: 14
Abstain: 1
Bill 15: The Nigeria Police Force to become Nigerian Police
Yes: 280
No: 9
Abstain: 1
Bill 16: Restriction of the Tenure of Presidents and Governors
Yes: 292
No: 3
Abstain: 3
Bill17: Separation of office of Accountant General of the Federal Government from Accountant General of the Federation
Yes: 274
No: 23
Abstain: 2
Bill 18: Financial Independence for Office of Auditor of Federation/State
Yes: 289
No: 11
Abstain: 0
Bill 19: Separation of Office of the Attorney General of the Federation/State from the office of Minister/Commissioner of Justice
Yes: 234
No: 58
Abstain: 3
Bill 20: Submissions from the Judiciary
Yes: 265
No: 6
Abstain: 7
Bill 21: Determination of pre-election matters.
Yes: 288
No: 3
Abstain: 1
Bill 22: Consequential Amendment on Civil Defence
Yes: 293
No: 2
Abstain: 1
Bill 23: Citizenship and indigene-ship
Yes: 208
No: 78
Abstain: 2
Bill 24: Procedure for Overriding Presidential Veto in Constitutional Alteration
Yes: 271
No: 20
Abstain: 0
Bill 25: Removal of law making power from Executive Arm.
Yes:
No:
Abstain:
Bill 25: Part (1): Removal of NYSC, National Security Agencies, Public Complaints Commission Acts from the Constitution
Yes: 209
No: 47
Abstain: 5
Bill 25 Part 2: Removal of Land Use Act from Constitution
Yes: 139
No: 148
Abstain: 4
Bill 26: Investment and Securities Tribunal
Yes: 270
No: 12
Abstain: 2
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“This bill is in the interest of the youth which we must empower because if we empower them we are empowering the future generation”- Speaker Dogara
Bill 27: Reduction of Age for Election
Yes: 261
No: 23
Abstain: 2
Bill 28: Authorization of expenditure time frame for laying Appropriation bill, Passage etc
Yes: 252
No: 7
Abstain: 2
Bill 29: Deletion of the National Youth Service Corps Decree from CFRN
Yes: Rejected
No:
Abstain:
Bill 30: Deletion of Public Complain Act from CFRN.
Yes: Rejected
No:
Abstain:
Bill 31: Deletion of National Security Agencies from the CFRN
Yes: Rejected
No:
Abstain:
Bill 32: Deletion of land Use Act from CFRN
Yes: Rejected
No:
Abstain:
Bill 33: Deletion of State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from CFRN
Yes: 229
No: 51
Abstain: 1
Bill 34: Inclusion of Section 141 of Electoral Act into the Constitution
Yes: 241
No: 18
Abstain: 1
