By Tayo Alabi
The Senate Committee on Constitution Review has extended the deadline for memorandum submission to September 18, following pressures from Nigerians.
Recall, the panel had given Nigerians two weeks, which ended on Wednesday, to send in their input for consideration in its proposed review of the 1999 constitution.
The panel’s Secretariat said on Wednesday that the committee postponed the deadline due to enormous pressure mounted by various interest groups physically and through telephone calls to the chairman, who also doubles as the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo- Agege.
A member of the committee, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “We are supposed to stop the collection of memoranda on Wednesday, but a counter directive has been given that such collection should continue till Friday next week, September 18, 2020, apparently due to pressures being mounted on the Committee.”
