Lawmaker Assures On Amended Constitution

A federal lawmaker in the House of Representatives, Hon. Blessing Nsiegbe, has said that the outcome of the constitution review exercise involving people at the grassroots will reflect the wishes of Nigerians.

Hon. Nsiegbe stated this in Port Harcourt while speaking at a public hearing on the review of the 1999 Constitution that took place in the 360 federal constituencies in Nigeria.

The lawmaker who facilitated the process explained that the wide consultation and inputs would make the constitution to be called a truly Nigerian constitution and enjoined the people to make their contributions.

She hinted that the 7th National Assembly realised that if the constitution was a set of laws to guide the people, it must reflect the aspirations of segments of the society.

According to her, the House of Representatives being an institution that is responsible and democratic decided to involve all Nigerians in fashioning a constitution that will be germane.

The lawmaker assured the people of her constituency that their views, contributions and observations would be forwarded to the National Assembly Adhoc Committee on the Amendment of the 1999 Constitution to form the new statute book.

The chairman of Port Harcourt Local Government Council, Hon. Chimbiko Akarolo, said the time had come for the people to take their destiny in their hand and make the country a better place to live and lauded the House of Representatives for the initiative.

Chairman of the occasion, Mrs Blessing Amadi, said the idea behind the gathering was to change some aspects of the constitution and urged people of the federal constituency to freely suggest areas of amendment to enable the country have a befitting constitution that would stand the test of time.