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REGIONAL GOVT BILL NOT BEFORE HOUSE OF REPS – SPOKESMAN
The House of Representatives has said the proposed legislation bill for regional government was not before the committee for deliberation.
Drafted by Dr Akin Fapohunda, a retired director in the federal civil service, the bill is titled ‘A Bill for an Act to Substitute the Annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with new governance model for the Federal Republic of Nigeria’.
It seeks among others, new extant laws to be cited as “The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria New Governance Model for Nigeria Act 2024.”
Recall that a copy of the draft, which circulated on social media last week, was said to have been submitted to the House of Representatives for legislative action.
However, the duo of the House spokesman, Akin Rotimi and the Chairman, Rules and Business, Francis Waive, while disowning the bill, stressed that it was not before the committee for deliberation.
The drafter had earlier stated his intention to interface with members of the National Assembly ahead of the transmission of the private bill to the parliament.But Fapohunda said he had resolved to send the proposed piece of legislation to President Tinubu, who may in turn present the same to the parliament as an executive bill.
