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The Executive Governor of Delta state, Ifeanyi Okowa has called on the house of representatives to “add a clause’ that will make it possible to rewrite the constitution.<\/p>\n

This was stated on Thursday by the governor when the deputy speaker of the house of representatives, Idris Wase and other\u00a0members of the committee on constitution review, visited him at the government house in Asaba.<\/p>\n

The national assembly is currently conducting public hearings on amending the 1999 constitution.<\/p>\n

Section 9 (1) of the constitution only makes provision for its sections to be amended.<\/p>\n

Speaking during the visit on Thursday,\u00a0Okowa said since there is no provision to rewrite the constitution, a clause should be added during the review process.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it possible to have a brand new constitution when there is one existing? As the constitution<\/a> is at the moment, there is no provision to allow that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I believe that if we have a deep thought and look at section 9 of the constitution, it will be possible to add a clause and when that clause must have been approved and has become law, it will now be possible under such a condition for the national assembly to rewrite an entire constitution which will come into effect after all the processes have been done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Okowa said there is a need for devolution of powers, adding that the \u201cexclusive list is too burdensome\u201d for the federal government to handle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not about this administration. It is about all the administrations at the federal level. When you take too much for yourself, you find it difficult to be as efficient as you would have been ordinarily,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd whether we like it or not, the truth is the sub-national governments are closer to their people and are best situated to represent their people and to reach out and to touch them in ways and manners that the people will best appreciate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think there is a need to look at that exclusive list and to make adjustments to devolve more power to the sub-national government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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