President Muhammadu Buhari has been issued 35 of the 44 bills that will alter the nation’s Constitution.
On Tuesday, the lawmakers gave the National Assembly Clerk instructions to send the 35 legislations that have so far complied with Section 9(2) of the Constitution to the president for approval.
The 27 State Houses of Assembly (SHA) have reviewed the 35 bills, and as required by law, at least 24 state assemblies have approved them.
However, the state assemblies did not vote on the two legislations that would have granted local governments financial and legislative autonomy.
The Gombe, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kwara, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, and Zamfara legislatures, which have not yet forwarded their resolutions on the bills, were also asked by the Senate to do so.
Following discussion of a motion presented by Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege and 66 other senators, the decision to send the 35 measures was passed.
The 27 states that have submitted resolutions on the bills include Abia, Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Cross-River, Delta, Ebonyi, and Edo States, according to Ekiti Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, who delivered the report.
Additional states include those in Ekiti, Enugu, Imo, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kogi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Rivers, and Yobe.
The 35 bills, according to him, have received the support of at least 24 SHAs, which is required by Section 9(2) of the Constitution for passage into law.