Suleiman Jimoh
The Senate Committee on Constitution Amendment will lay the report of the 1999 Constitution review before the Senate today.
Ovie Omo-Agege, Deputy Senate President announced the plenary session on Tuesday.
Voting on the amendments is expected to take place by March 1.
Meanwhile, there are speculations that President Muhammadu Buhari may likely sign the re-worked Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law today.
Femi Adesina during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily had said President Buhari will sign the bill any moment from now.
He said:“It could be today, it could be tomorrow, it could be anytime, but within the 30 days. It could be signed today; it could be signed tomorrow. In a matter of hours, not days. Hours could be 24 hours, it could be 48 hours; not days, not weeks.”
President Buhari had withheld his assent to the bill in November last year, citing the cost of conducting direct primary elections, security challenges, and possible manipulation of electoral processes by political actors as part of the reasons for his decision.
He, however, noted that he will sign the bill when the necessary adjustments are done.
