The Senate has listed some issues it would be considering in the amendment of the 1999 Constitution.
Some of the issues listed by the constitution review committee at the end of the retreat in Asaba, the Delta State capital, are one term of five years for the president, vice president, governors and deputy governors and devolution of powers for true Federalism and the immunity clause.
However the deputy senate president and chairman of the senate committee on constitution review, Senator Ike Ekweremmadu assured that the senate has no position on any of the issues for consideration in the review of the 1999 constitution.
This may be the best way to describe the attempt by the National Assembly to amend the 1999 Constitution, although this is not the first time the National Assembly will be amending the Constitution.
In the sixth assembly, lawmakers tried to amend the constitution but concentrated largely on issues relating to electoral reforms.
However, the seventh assembly, is going far beyond electoral reforms, delving into key issues identified by its constitution review committee at the end of the retreat on constitutional review.
1. One term of five years for the president, vice president, governors and deputy governors
2. Devolution of powers for true Federalism
3. Indigenship and section 42 of the constitution
4. Financial autonomy for state Houses of Assembly
5. Creation of one State for the South East Zone
6. Creation of State police
7. Immunity clause
8. Judicial reform
Some lawmakers insisted that an amendment of the constitution would not solve the problems facing the country, some others were also not optimistic about how far reaching this exercise would be.
