The Senate on Thursday said it would use the 2014 Confab and the recommendations of the All-Progressives Congress, APC, Committee on True Federalism to review the 1999 Constitution.
It also disclosed that it revisited and imported into the amendment process, some bills in past constitution amendment that were not ratified by the House of Representative, State Houses of Assembly, or assented to by the President.
Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, said this while delivering the welcome address during a two-day national public hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution.
The exercise is aimed at further alteration to the provisions of the Constitution with a view to ensuring gender equity/increased women and vulnerable groups participation in governance, devolution of power, local government autonomy, and other 10 thematic concerns.
Senator Omo-Agege said that the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly “places high value on public participation in the law-making process.”