By A law giving the National Parliament and State Houses of Assembly the authority to summon the President and governors is one of the bills related to the constitutional revision that President Muhammadu Buhari declined to sign.
The Senate will look into and determine why President Buhari rejected 19 of the 35 legislation the National Assembly forwarded to him, according to an earlier statement made by the Senate’s president, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday.
Among the 35 laws that the ninth National Assembly sent the president, President Buhari signed 16 of them into law last week.
In his remarks at the start of plenary on Tuesday, Senator Lawan revealed the structure of the Senate committee established to look into Buhari’s rejection of the 19 bills amending the constitution. He also stated that the Senate would communicate with the Presidency to learn why the remaining 19 bills weren’t signed.
The complete list of legislation that President Buhari declined to sign, which includes “Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Modification) Bill, No. 48, 2022,” was obtained by SaharaReporters (Power to Summon the President and Governors – Sections 67 & 108).
“A Bill for an Act to Alter the Second Schedule to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 Constitution to Empower the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly to Summon the Federal Republic of Nigeria President and Governors of States to Answer Questions on Matters on Which the National and State Houses of Assembly Have the Powers to Make Law.”
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Modification) Bill, No. 65, 2022 is among the other pieces of legislation that the President declined to sign (Food Security – Section 16)
A Bill for an Act to Modify the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitutional Provisions to Require the Government to Steer its Policies Toward Ensuring Rights to Food and Food security in Nigeria.
The “Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Modification) Bill, No. 54, 2022” was similarly rejected by the President (State of the Nation and State of the State Address – Sections 67 & 108).
“A Bill for an Act to Modify the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 Constitution’s Provisions to Provide for a State of the Nation and State of the State Address by the President and Governor.
Bill No. 55, 2022, “Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Modification)” (Composition of Members of the Council of State – Part I, Third Schedule).
A Bill for an Act to Modify the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution’s Provisions to Include Past Presidents of the National Assembly in the Council of State.”
Below is a list of all 19 bills that were turned down:
- Bill No. 10, 2022, the Fifth Amendment to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Enforcement of Legislative Summons – Sections 89 & 129)
A bill proposing an act to amend the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution’s provisions to require people to obey or comply with legislative summonses
- Bill No. 24, 2022 (Expansion of the Interpretation of “Judicial Office” – Section 318), Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Alteration).
A Bill for an Act to Modify the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution’s Provisions to Broaden the Definition of Judicial Office to Include Courts or Tribunals Created by an Act of the National Assembly or a State Law of the House of Assembly.
3. Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution, 1999 (Fifth Modification) Bill, No. 29, 2022 (Devolution of Powers [Airports] – Part I & II, Second Schedule)
A Bill for an Act to Modify the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 Constitution’s Provisions to Transfer Airports from the Exclusive Legislative List to the Concurrent Legislative List
4. Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution, 1999 (Fifth Amendment) Bill, No. 39, 2022 (Power to Enforce Compliance of Remittance of Accruals into the Federation Account and Review of Revenue Allocation Formula – Section 162 & Part I, Third Schedule).
A bill for an act to amend the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution’s provisions to give the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission the authority to enforce compliance with the remittance of accruals into and disbursement of revenue from the Federation Account and streamline the process for reviewing the revenue allocation formula.
- Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution, 1999 (Fifth Amendment) Bill, No. 40, 2022 (Independence of Certain Bodies – Sections 158 & 202)
A Bill for an Act to Modify the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution’s Provisions to Improve Certain Bodies’ Independence.
- Bill No. 41, 2022(Removal of Transitional Law-making Powers of the Executive – Section 315)Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.
A Bill for an Act to Remove Transitional Lawmaking Authorities from the Executive Branches of Government to Modify Sections of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 Constitution
- Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution, 1999 (Fifth Amendment) Bill, No. 43, 2022 (Domestication of Treaties – Section 12)
A Bill for an Act to Modify the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution’s Provisions to Define the Timeframe for the President to Present Treaties Between the Federation and Any Other Countries to the National Assembly for Enactment
- Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution, 1999 (Fifth Amendment) Bill, No. 44, 2022 (Timeline for the Presentation of Appropriation Bills – Sections 81 & 121)
Specifying the timeframe in which the President or the Governor of State must bring the appropriations bill to the National Assembly or House of Assembly is the goal of a bill to amend the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution.
- Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution, 1999 (Fifth Amendment) Bill, No. 48, 2022 (Power to Summon the President and Governors – Sections 67 & 108)
A bill proposing an act to amend the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution’s Second Schedule to provide the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly the authority to call the President and Governors of States to answer questions on matters that the National and State Houses of Assembly have the Powers to make Law.
- Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution, 1999 (Fifth Modification) Bill, No. 49, 2022 (Authorisation of Expenditure – Sections 82 & 122)
A bill for an act to reduce the period from six months to three months during which the President or the Governor of a State may authorize the withdrawal of funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund in the absence of an Appropriations Act would amend the provisions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution.
- The Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution, 1999 (Fifth Amendment) Bill, No. 50, 2022 (Replacement/Correction of the Use of the “Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation” with the “Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federal Government”)
The Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation will be replaced by the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federal Government under a bill to amend the provisions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution.
- Bill No. 51, 2022, the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Creation of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federal Government – Section 84)
A Bill for an Act to Create the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federal Government Separate from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation to Modify the Provisions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999
- Bill No. 47, 2022 (Establishment of State Security Council – Section 197 & Part II, Third Schedule) Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999.
A bill for an act to amend the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution’s provisions to establish the State Security Council and for other purposes
- Bill No. 54, 2022, the Fifth Amendment to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (State of the Nation and State of the State Address – Sections 67 & 108)
The Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution’s provisions on the State of the Nation and State of the State Addresses by the President and Governor are being changed by a bill that would amend those provisions.
- Bill No. 55, 2022, the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Composition of Members of the Council of State – Part I, Third Schedule).
A Bill for an Act to Modify the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 Constitution’s Provisions to Include Past Presidents of the National Assembly in the Council of State.
- Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution of 1999 (Fifth Amendment) Bill, No. 57, 2022 (Restriction on Formation of Political Parties – Sections 222 & 223)
A Bill for an Act to Amend the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 Constitution’s Provisions to Strengthen Current Provisions on the Establishment of Political Parties
- Bill No. 62, 2022, Federal Republic of Nigeria Constitution of 1999 (Fifth Alteration) (Correction in the Definition of the Boundary of the Federal Capital Territory – Part II, First Schedule).
A bill for an act to amend the provisions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution to remedy an error in the definition of the Federal Capital Territory’s boundaries, Abuja.
- Bill No. 65, 2022, the Fifth Amendment to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Food Security – Section 16)
a bill for an act to amend the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution to mandate the government to direct policy toward guaranteeing food security and the right to food in Nigeria.
- Bill No. 66, 2022, Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Alteration) (Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps – Section 213 & Part III)
A bill to amend the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution’s provisions to reflect the creation and primary duties of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps.
