Constitution Review: LG autonomy, recognition of traditional rulers, equity get priority at Senate retreat
2 years agoChief Whip of the Senate, Mohammed Tahir Monguno (left); Kano State Commissioner of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Major-General Muhammad Inuwa Idris (rtd); Senate Leader, Opayemi Bamidele; Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin; and Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Julius Ihonvbere, during the opening ceremony of the Retreat of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution at the Bristol Palace Hotel, Kano... on Friday.
The constitution that will emerge from the on-going amendment exercise at the National Assembly may pay attention to giving legislative teeth to the Supreme Court judgment on local government autonomy, recognition of traditional rulers as well as promotion of equity in the federation.
