A series of constitutional amendment bills have been introduced, covering various sectors such as judicial reforms, electoral processes, security and policing, governance, and legislative matters.
Some key proposals include:
– A bill to amend the 1999 Constitution to establish both state and local government police forces.
– A bill to mandate that general elections for the president, governors, National Assembly members, state lawmakers, and local government councils be held simultaneously on a date set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in consultation with the National Assembly.
– A bill making the Court of Appeal the final authority on election petitions for governorship, National Assembly, and state House of Assembly cases.
– A bill allowing the Clerk of the National Assembly or House of Assembly to proclaim a new Assembly, or alternatively, allowing the Chief Justice of Nigeria to do so.
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– A bill proposing the creation of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) House of Assembly.
– A bill to allocate special legislative seats at the federal, state, and local government levels for persons with disabilities.
– A bill permitting public servants to engage in healthcare education, production, and services beyond agriculture-related businesses.
– A bill to establish a Political Parties Registration and Regulatory Commission to oversee the registration, regulation, and monitoring of political parties.
– A bill ensuring that all election-related appeals are resolved before the swearing-in of elected officials, including the president, vice president, governors, deputy governors, and legislators.
– A bill granting INEC the authority to conduct local government elections.
– A bill requiring elected lawmakers to officially resign from their political party before defecting to another party.
– A bill proposing the creation of a National Local Government Electoral Commission as an independent body responsible for organizing and supervising elections for local government chairmen and councilors across the country, including in the FCT.
These bills were introduced but were not debated during the session.
