In Nigeria, president signs 16 constitutional amendment bills into law

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has assented to a constitutional amendment bill allowing states in the country to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity in areas covered by the national grid. The President assented to 19 bills on [17 March], 16 of which altered some provisions of the 1999 Constitution – Fifth Alteration Bills 2023. [. ] The provisions were part of the 16 bills in the Constitutional Alterations of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), transmitted to the President by the National Assembly early this year. [. ] According to the Senior Special Assistant to The President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, the assented Constitutional Alteration Bills ensured the financial independence of State Houses of Assembly and State Judiciary. They also regulated the first session and inauguration of members-elect of the National and State Houses of Assembly, ensuring that the President and governors submit the names of persons nominated as ministers or commissioners within 60 days of taking the oath of office for confirmation by the Senate or State House of Assembly. The bills also enable states to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity in areas covered by the national grid. They exclude the period of intervening events in the computation of time for determining pre-election matters petitions and regulate the first session and inauguration of members-elect of National and State Assemblies. The bills also change prisons to correctional service and re-designate correctional service in the concurrent list and move item “railway” from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list.
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