Sentences with phrase «constitution amendment»

His words, «The attention of the Office of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has been drawn to a purported investigative report by an online medium, which claimed that he and other members of the Committees on Constitution Review of the seventh National Assembly, comprising the Senate and the House of Representatives, «pocketed» N8 billion in «failed» constitution amendment exercise.

A bill sponsored by Senator Ovie Omo - Agege (LP, Delta) on the immunity removal has been referred to the Senate Committee on Constitution amendment chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.

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24 states have some form of citizen initiated veto on laws, and 19 have citizen initiated law proposals, 21 have citizen initiated constitution amendment processes).

Sources close to the Ekweremadu - led constitution review committee hinted that many prominent Nigerians across the country had sent words to encourage the National Assembly to ensure that the present constitution amendment efforts seriously address the nagging question of true federalism.

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has accused ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo of lying about his bungled third term ambition through a failed constitution amendment in 2006.

The FCT High Court presided over by Justice Valentine Ashi annulled the PDP 2014 Constitution Amendment upon which Sherif was appointed PDP Chairman.

«The sections they are trying to amend are clearly stated in the constitution and could only be reviewed through a legally acceptable constitution amendment process.»

He said this shortly after lawmakers in the state House of Assembly voted against independent candidacy in the ongoing 1999 constitution amendment exercise.

@Kape123: Direct Democracy exists in every state at some level (Referalls on law are options in all 50 states, Referrals on Constitution amendments are options in all but DE, about half have some form of Citizen Referendum on some kind, the most common being veto of legislation, but proposed legislation and constitutional amendments exist, as do Recall elections).

But clearly, this also to do, as I said, with the uncertainty surrounding the Constitution amendments,» the deputy prime minister added.

In 1975 constitution amendments were announced which further strengthened the power of the Party to which the Church protested.

Senate President Bukola Saraki had before the commencement of Christmas / New Year holidays said the constitution amendment would be passed early in 2017.

As reactions continue to trail the constitution amendment exercise embarked upon by the National Assembly, lately, a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has expressed his displeasure on the blockage of the passage of Bill No. 3, which would have granted devolution of powers to the states.

He added, «If you recall, the NWC set up the constitution amendment committee headed by our National Legal Adviser, Muiz Banire, SAN.

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Lasun Yusuf, has said the lower legislative chamber of the National Assembly will revisit the issue of devolution of power, an aspect of the constitution amendment.

Makarfi said that at the election convention of the party coming up in December, there would be constitution amendment that would address all the issues that Ladoja and Makinde raised.

I will be joining, hopefully, the state board of education, and working on those constitution amendments over the next year, and that won't leave time for running for office.»

While the government's monitoring of our thoughts may be the archetypical Orwellian intrusion, the government's surveillance of our movements over a considerable time period through new technologies, such as the collection of cell - site - location records, without the protections of the Fourth Amendment, puts our country far closer to Oceania than our Constitution

This Court has held, however, that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution