President
Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday set up another committee to study the
report of the Justice Alfa Belgore-led Presidential Committee on the
Review of the Constitution.
The committee, which is headed by the
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Bello
Adoke (SAN), has three weeks to submit its report.
A statement by the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim, said the setting up of
the committee was sequel to the submission of the report of the
Presidential committee on the review of outstanding issues from recent
constitutional conferences in Nigeria.
The committee will, among others,
“identify the areas/issues on which the review committee affirmed
consensus earlier reached in previous conferences and for which the
review committee prepared draft bills for consideration and legislation,
identify the areas/issues on which past constitutional conferences had
arrived at a consensus but which the review committee felt the consensus
was no longer current or relevant and therefore did not prepare any
draft bills.”
The committee will also “identify
areas/issues on which the previous conferences and the review committee
did not reach a consensus; study each of the draft bills submitted by
the review committee and make recommendations for the government to
either accept, modify or reject them in part or whole as the case may
be.”
The Belgore-led committee, which
submitted its report on July 10, had recommended “(a) Reduction of
powers at the centre and devolution of same to the states federating
units; (b) Allow the centre to retain necessary powers to enable it
exercise its sovereignty, (c) Enable the centre to act for the
federating units in areas of common and mutually beneficial interest and
services,” amongst others.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has
dissolved the Board of the National Commission for Refugees chaired by
Prof. Abayomi Durosinmi-Etti.
A statement by the SGF said the dissolution followed “the recent developments that have hampered smooth operations at the NCR.”
PUNCH NEWSPAPER
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