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Aisha Buhari Storms National Assembly Over Constitution Review Report

The First Lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari, stormed the National Assembly, Wednesday morning, to witness the presentation of the report by the Constitution Review Committee.

The Senate and House of Representatives are reviewing the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Aisha Buhari was accompanied by the Ministers of Finance and Women Affairs, Zainab Ahmed and Pauline Tallen respectively.

At the Senate, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, welcomed the First Lady and her entourage to the Red Chamber at 11.58 am.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, immediately after referring a bill for an Act to Amend the Federal High Court Act Cap F134 to the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, suspended Rule 12(1) – Privileges of the Floor – and invoked Rule 1(b) to admit the First Lady and her delegation into the chamber at exactly 11:58am. 

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The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central), Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Alteration to the Provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, laid the report at 12:06pm. 

Lawan, in a short remark after the report was laid, said the visit by the First Lady was to show support for a bill to have more female parliamentarians at the federal and state legislatures. 

He said, “The First Lady’s visit is to show support for a bill for more female parliamentarians in both chambers in the Senate and the House and the State Legislatures.

Daily Trust

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