BREAKING: National Assembly Moves To Change Names Of Local Govt Area, List Of Affected LGAs
Information reaching Naija News House says that National Assembly Moves To Change Names Of Local Govt Area, List Of Affected LGAs
…Nigerians in the Diaspora to vote during elections
The proposed bill for an Act as submitted by DSP Ovie Omo-Agege and DS Wase Idris to both the red and green chambers of the National Assembly, Federal Republic of Nigeria dated 22nd February 2022.
The 68 bills seek to further amend the 1999 Constitution (5th alteration) are;
1. To Abrogate the State Joint Local Government Account and Provide for special Account into which shall be paid all Allocations due to Local Government Councils from the Federation Account and from the Government of the State; and for Related Matters “.
2. To establish Local Government as a Tier of Government and Guarantee their Democratic Existence, Tenure; and for Related Matters”.
3 To Change the name Afikpo North and Afikpo South Local Government Areas; and for Related Matters “.
4. To Change the name of Kunchi Local Government Area; and for Related Matters”.
To Change the Names of Egbado North and Egbado South Local Government Areas; and for Related Matters “.
5. To Change the Name Barikin Ladi Local Government Area; and for Related Matters.
To Correct the Name of Correct name Atigbo Local Government Area; and for Related Matters”
6. To Correct the Name of Obia/Akpor Local Government Area; and for Related Matters “.
To Provide for the Financial Independence of State House of Assembly and State Judiciary; and for Related Matters”.
7. To compel person’s to obey or comply with Legislative Summons; and for Related Matters”.
8. To regulate the first Session and Inuguration of Members-Elect of the National and State Houses of Assembly; and for Related Matters”.
To Instutionlalize Legislative Bureaucracy in the Constitution; and for Related Matters;.
9. To provide for the producure for passing a Constitution Alteration Bill where President withhold Assent; and for Related Matters”.
10. To provide the procedure for Overriding Executive Veto in Respect of Money Bill; and for Related Matters”.
11. To provide for the procedure of Removing Presiding officers of the Legislature; and for Related Matters”.
12. To provide pension for presiding officers of the National Assembly; and for Related Matters”.
13.To Establish the Federal Revenue Court and the Revenue Court of a State; and for Related Matters “.
14. To further Strengthen the Judiciary for Timely Dispensation of Justice; and for Related Matters “.
15. To provide the timelines within which civil and criminal cases are heard and determined at Trial and Appellate Courts in order to Eliminate unnecessary delay in Justice Administration and Delivery; and for Related Matters”.
16. To ensure Uniformity in the Retirement Age and pension Rights of Judicial Officers of Superior Courts of Records; and for Related Matters”.
17. To delete the Reference to the provisions of the Criminal Code, Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code or Evidence Act; and for Related Matters”.
18. To Exclude the Period Intervening Events in the Computation of Time for Determining Pre- election Petitions, Election Petitions and Appeals therefrom; and for Related Matters;.
19. To allow Court or Tribunal Proceedings to be Conducted remotely, Virtually, Online or through any Media Platform or Technological Innovation; and for Related Matters”.
20. To Expand the Interpretation of Judicial Office to include Courts to Tribunals created by an Act of the National Assembly or a State House of Assembly; and for Related Matters;.
21. To Provide for the Post call qualification of the Secretary to the National Judicial Council; and for Related Matters”.
22. To Permit Public Servants to engage in Healthcare Education, Production and Services beyond Farming;. and for Related Matters”.
23. To Impose the requirement of fair hearing in the process of Recommendation of Removal of Judicial Officers by the State Judicial Service Commission; and for Related Matters”.
24. To include judges of the National Industrial Court in the Composition of Election Tribunal; and for Related Matters”.
25. To move Airports from Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List; and for Related Matters”.
26. To move fingerprints, identification and criminal records from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List; and for Related Matters”.
27. To delete prisons in the Exclusive Legislative List and Redesignate it as Correctional Service in the Concurrent Legislative List; and for Related Matters”.
28. To move Railway from the Exclusive Legislative List to Concurrent Legislative List ; and for Related Matters”.
29. To allow States Generate, Transmit and Distribute Electricity in Area covered by the National Grid; and for Related Matters”.
30. To include Value Added Tax on the Exclusive Legislative List ; and for Related Matters”.
31. To provide for special seat for women in the National and State House of Assembly; and for Related Matters”.
32. To Expand the Scope of Citizenship by Registration; and for Related Matters”.
33. To Provide for Affirmative Action for Women in Political Party Administration; and for Related Matters”.
34. To provide Criteria for Qualification to become an Indigene of a State in Nigeria; and for Related Matters”.
35. To empower the Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Commission to Enforce Compliance with Remittance of Accruals into and Disturbsement of Revenue from the Federation Account and Streamline in the Procedure for Reviewing the Revenue Allocation Formula; and for Related Matters”.
36. To Enhance the Independence of Certain Bodies; and for Related Matters”.
37. To Remove Transitional Lawmaking Powers from the Executive Arms of Government; and for Related Matters”.
38. To Expand Immunity to the Legislative and Judicial Arms of Government; and for Related Matters”.
39. To specify the time within which the Executive shall present to the National Assembly any Treaty between the Federation and any other Country for Ehancement:
and for Related Matters”.
40. To specify the period within which the President or the Governor of State shall present the Appropriation Bill before the National Assembly or State House of Assembly; and for Related Matters”.
41. To Require the President or Governor’s to submit the Names of persons Nominated as Ministers or Commissioner’s within Thirty days of taking the Oath of Office for Confirmation by the Senate or State House of Assembly; and for Related Matters”.
42. To include Presiding Officers of the National Assembly in the Membership of the National Security Council; and for Related
Matters”.
43. To Establish State Security Council; and for Related Matters”.
44. To Empower the National Assembly and State House of Assembly Powers to Summon the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Governors of States to answer Questions on issues on which the National and State Assembly have the Power to make Law; and for Related Matters”.
45. To reduce the period within which the President or the Governor of a State may authorize the withdrawal of Monies from the Consolidated Revenue Fund in the absence of an Appropriation Act from six months to three months; and related Matters
46. To Replace the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation with Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federal Government; and for Related Matters”.
47. To Establish the Office of the Accountant -General of the Federation; and for Related Matters”.
48. To specify the Timeframe for the conduct of Population Census; and for Related matters”.
49. To Establish the office of the Attorney -: General of the Federation and of the State Separate from the office of the Minister of Justice or Commissioner’s for justice of the state in order to make the Offices Attorney – General Independent and Insulated from Partianship; and for Related Matters”.
50. To provide for the State of the Nation and State Address by the President and Governor; and for Related Matters”.
51. To Include Former Heads of the National Assembly in the council f state; and for Related Matters”.
52.To Provide for the Termination of Tenure of certain Elected officials on Account of change of political party; and for Related Matters”.
53.To enhance existing provisions on the formation of political parties; and for Related Matters
54. To provide for independent candidacy in Presidential, Governorship, National Assembly, State Houses of Assembly and Local Government Council Elections; and for Related Matters”.
55. To provide for Diaspora Voting; and for Related Matters”.
56. To provide for the Office of the Mayor for the Federal Capital Territory Administration Abuja; and for Related Matters”.
57. To provide for Appointment of a Minister from the FCT; and for Related Matters”.
58. To correct the Error in the definition of the Boundary of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; and for Related Matters”.
59. To make free, Compulsory and Basic Education a Fundamental Right of all Citizens under Chapter IV of the Constitution; and for Related Matters”.
60. To further define Acts that Constitute Torture, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment; and for Related Matters”.
61. To Require the Government to Direct it’s Policy towards ensuring Rights to Food and Food Security in Nigeria; and for Related Matters”.
62. To Reflect the Establishment and Core Functions of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps ; and for Related Matters”.
63. To Establish the National and State Councils of Traditional Rulers to advice the President and Governors on Matters Related to Customs, Security and Public Order; and for Related Matters”.
64. To provide Reserved Quota for Women; and for Related Matters”.
The report presented by the Deputy President of the Senate and Chairman of the Committee Review of the 1999 Constitution, H.E Senator Ovie Omo-Agege is scheduled for considerations and voting clause by clause by each Senator.
Names Of Local Govt Area
