The 10th Senate has finally constituted a 45-member committee to review and amend the 1999 Constitution, eight months after its inception.
The Constitutional Review Committee is one of the most important in every Assembly as it coordinates the affairs of the review of extant laws and other adjustments to the Constitution.
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the composition of the committee during the plenary. He also highlighted the introduction of Artificial Intelligence as a major factor needed to amend the constitution.
Akpabio said the committee would be chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, while the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele would be the deputy chairman. The Senate President explained that the 1999 constitution needed a review because it contained many issues that needed to be put right.
He noted that the constitution amendment committee would be inaugurated next Tuesday and they would commence the review process immediately.