Constitution amendment: No joint report yet, Reps tell NGF

-House of rep and Senate yet to harmonize standings on the country’s constitution review.

-Yakubu Dogara or his representative is expected to present the version of the house to the governors’ forum next week.

The House of Representatives has denied the submission by the Senate which claims both houses have harmonized issues regarding constitution amendment.

The House also urged the Nigeria Governors Forum to disregard the presentation made by the senate to the forum as the harmonized position of the two houses, saying that there is yet to be an harmonization by the two houses.

The Nigeria Governors Forum has subsequently invited the Speaker of the house, Yakubu Dogara to appear next week to give the version of the house before the forum could take any position.

Briefing State House correspondents after the NGF’s emergency meeting, Chairman of the forum and Zamfara state governor, Abdulaziz Yari, said ” The meeting is just one item agenda, that is the review of Nigeria constitution.”

“If you can remember last time, the Deputy Senate President was here with us to brief us on the harmonized position of the two houses for the task schedule of the amendment of the Nigeria constitution.”

“Because of its importance, we decided to hold this extra ordinary meeting so that we could deliberate.”

“We had actually wanted to invite the Conference of Speakers so that we can collectively look at what was submitted for the betterment of the nation.”

“As we agree the constitution is being amended for posterity and not for any other interest.”

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“Therefore, the information we are having from the House of Representatives is that the position is Senate position, it is not harmonized.

“So probably by next week, that is on the 18th, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or his representative will come and make his own presentation to us so that we look at to.”

“By the way, there are so many issues of national interest, devolution of power, political agitations were not taken into considerations in that amendment.

“We as governors we are looking as important so that will be taken as interest of the nation as leaders so that we can move the country forward.”