Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, weekend called for synergy among consultants and the secretariats of the Senate and House Committees on Constitution Review to set the pace for effective collaboration to make the ongoing exercise a success.
Kalu who doubles as the chairman, House Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) made the call while delivering his remarks at the joint retreat of the secretariat and consultants to the Senate and House committees on the review of the constitution.
He told the stakeholders that effective collaboration will drive the task to outcomes that would meet and satisfy the desires and yearnings of Nigerians.
The deputy speaker further asked the stakeholders to review the previous amendment proposals which were either not passed by the National/State Assemblies or were not assented to by the president, and consider how those issues can be re-introduced with a view to providing methods of processing them or an action plan that will ensure that reservations which led to their rejection are addressed, assuring that the committee members in both Senate and House of Representatives will engage President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on different issues.
He said: “It is with profound joy that I welcome you all to the Joint Retreat of the Secretariat and Consultants to the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on the Review of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as Altered). The essence of this retreat is to build synergy among the consultants and the secretariats of the Senate and House Committees on Constitution Review to set the pace for effective collaboration that will drive the task before us towards such outcomes that would meet and satisfy the desires and yearnings of Nigerians, especially at a time like this.”
