We’ve received 161 areas for constitutional amendment – Reps

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, says the House Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has received proposals for amendments in approximately 161 areas.

Kalu stated this in an interview with newsmen shortly after his presentation with state governors at the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) meeting in Abuja.

Kalu, who is also the Chairman of the Committee on the Review of the Constitution, was accompanied by the principal officers of the house.

Describing the meeting as ‘productive’, Kalu noted that without engaging the governors, the wheel of progress in achieving the ongoing constitutional amendment would be slow.

“We informed them that we are going to be visiting their states and the geopolitical zones to advance the opinions of the public in their various zones with regards to the thematic areas of the constitution that we are looking at.

“We informed them that we have received about 161 areas to amend in the constitution and we are going to give them the breakdown of all of them in the coming engagement,’’ he said.

The deputy speaker said that the committee would continue its engagement with the governors, especially for their input on the amendment of the constitution.

He said that the committee also requested the governors to nominate an anchor person, like a state liaison officer, between the state and the committee to fast-track their inputs and the committee’s feedback.