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Nigeria: Rep Lauds Public Sessions On Constitution Review
Vanguard, 12 November 2012
The public sessions on the review of the 1999 Constitution, which were organised by the House of Representatives all over the 360 Federal Constituencies last weekend, have been ... read more »
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Nigeria: Constitution Review - Legislators Shun Lafia Public Hearing
Daily Trust, 12 November 2012
Federal legislators representing Nasarawa State, who organized Saturday's public hearing on the planned constitutional review, disappeared from Lafia City Hall, venue of the event ... read more »
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Nigeria: Constitution Review - Collation of Views Will Be a Challenge - Abike Dabiri
Daily Trust, 12 November 2012
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Rep. Abike Dabiri (ACN, Lagos) said the collation of public views in the ongoing constitution review would ... read more »
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Nigeria: Divergent Views Trail Constitutional Review Debate in Akwa Ibom, Kano
This Day, 12 November 2012
Financial autonomy of National Assembly and Judiciary, autonomy of local governments, rejection of state police and dissolution of the state electoral bodies were the highpoint of ... read more »
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Nigeria: Octogenarian Warns National Assembly Against Selfish Constitution
This Day, 12 November 2012
An octogenarian and first Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in the northern region, Alhaji Salman Alarape, at the weekend, cautioned members of the National Assembly against ... read more »
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Nigeria: Constitution Review - Minister Calls for State Creation in the Six Geopolitical Zones
Daily Trust, 11 November 2012
The Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro has called for the creation of one State each from the six geo-political zones of the country, just as urged the people of ... read more »
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Nigeria: Constitution Review - NASS Urged to Involve Public
This Day, 11 November 2012
Members of the National Assembly have been advised to adopt more grassroots approach and involve more Nigerians in the ongoing quest to review the 1999 constitution. read more »
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Nigeria: Process and Content Issues in Constitutional Amendment (opinion)
Daily Trust, 11 November 2012
Constitutional alteration is a necessary process in responding to the complexities of a nation and the changing political, social, economic, cultural and environmental dynamics in ... read more »
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Constitution is one thing, interpretations is quite another. A very smart lawyer can have any constitution to say anything as he wants. No western patterned constitution will work in Nigeria save the one constructed from the reality of Nigerian society. In other words, a revolutionary Nigerian constitution.