Senator Kabir Gaya will chair a two-day North West zonal public hearing of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution which will hold in Kaduna on Tuesday.
The public hearing will be hosted by Kaduna state government at Hassan Katsina House with sittings commencing at 10am and ending at 5pm daily from Tuesday to Wednesday, according to a statement issued by Special Adviser on Media and Communication to Governor Nasir el-Rufai, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye.
He said contributions from civil society groups, professional associations, trade unions and other interested bodies from the North West states of Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states will be collated during the hearing.
According to Adekeye, ‘’the public hearing will receive memoranda and contributions on 17 broad issues, including Gender Equity and Increased Participation of Women and Vulnerable groups in governance, the federal structure in governance and Power Devolution, Local Government Administration and Local Government Autonomy.”
The Special Adviser also listed, “Public Revenue, Fiscal Federalism and Revenue Allocation, as well as Constitutional Provision for the Establishment of State Police. The Public hearing will deliberate on Judicial Reform, Electoral Reforms that will make INEC deliver transparent, credible, free and fair elections, Political parties, Independent candidature and election management.
“Also slated for deliberation are Socio-economic rights as contained in Chapter II of the Constitution, Residency and Indigeneship, Removal of immunity in prima facie criminal cases, timeline for the Assent of Bills and Passage of Appropriation Bill.”
Adekeye further said, “the issue of State and Local Government creation, strengthening the office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Auditor General of the Federation and Office of the Attorney General of the Federation will be discussed at the event.
‘’Federal Capital Territory Administration, the Legislature and Legislative Bureaucracy, Constitutional Roles for Traditional Rulers and any other issues that promote the unity and good governance of the nation will also be deliberated upon.”
