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Exclusive… Cash Crunch Stalls Senate Constitution Review Exercise by RipplesNigeria: 10:46am On Oct 25, 2016
he current economic recession and delay in the release of funds, may have stalled the constitution review exercise in the Senate, checks by Ripples Nigeria have revealed.
Apart from the unavailability of funds, the recent drama which surrounded the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu by the Federal Government over alleged forgery of Senate Standing Rules in 2015, is partly responsible too for the stalemate.
The December 2016 deadline which was initially agreed on that the exercise will be concluded, may not be feasible, following the stalemate of the constitution review exercise.
Saraki, had in June this year, revealed that the Upper Legislative Chamber will come up with a new and more comprehensive electoral amendment law before end of the year. “I hope that before the end of 2016, a new electoral law shall be in place,” he had said.
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