Reps okay bill seeking creation of state security council

The House of Representatives yesterday approved the Bill 47 on the Constitution Fifth Alteration seeking establishment of state security council.

It mandated the Clerk to the National Assembly to transmit the bill for President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent.

Deputy Speaker Idris Wase, who is the chairman of Constitution Review Committee, in a motion he sponsored, alongside other members, recalled that on January 24, the Clerk to the National Assembly was directed to transmit 35 Constitution Alteration Bills that met the requirement of Section 9(2) of the 1999 Constitution to President for his assent. 

He also recalled that the Houses of Assembly of Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kwara, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara States that were yet to forward their resolutions were urged to do so in compliance with Constitutional obligations.

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He said that Oyo and Zamfara State Houses of Assembly had accordingly forwarded their resolutions.

He said with the approval of Oyo and Zamfara State Houses of Assembly, the Constitution (Fifth Alteration) Bill No 47 (Establishment of State Security Council) had met the provisions of Section 9(2) of the 1999 Constitution, for passage.

The House urged Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kwara, Plateau, Sokoto and Taraba State Houses of Assembly to forward their resolution on the bills in fulfilment of their constitutionally imposed legislative obligations to the constitution amendment process.