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The leadership of the 10th House of Representative has distanced itself from a bill seeking to restore the regional system of government in Nigeria.
The bill which is titled, “A Bill for an Act to Substitute the Annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with a new governance model for the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” is said to have been drafted by one Dr Akin Fapohunda as a private bill as the individual is not a lawmaker.
The draft seeks, among other things, new extant laws to be cited as “The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria New Governance Model for Nigeria Act 2024.”
“The Committees on Rules and Business and Constitution Review have confirmed that there is no such bill before them,” he told Punch in a telephone conversation.
Similarly, the Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Francis Waive, said the bill is not before the committee.
He said, “There are two routes to making presentations for constitutional amendments. One is by members proposing an amendment bill during the plenary. The second is by memoranda from individuals and groups to the Constitution Review Committee
“Please, note that memoranda submitted should eventually come by way of bills sponsored by a member of the committee.
“On this specific memo (draft bill) under reference, I doubt if it has come before the Rules and Business Committee for listing. I speak as chairman of the committee.”
