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How 9th Senate will achieve restructuring Senator Folarin
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Senator Teslim Folarin (APC-Oyo Central) has said that the 9th Senate would achieve restructuring by expunging `Exclusive List’ from the Constitution to allow devolution of powers.
Addressing newsmen on Sunday during a Ramadan Lecture/Iftar in Ibadan, Folarin said that devolution of powers would allow states to develop at their own pace.
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Folarin, a former Senate Leader, is member of the Constitution Amendment Committee at the Red Chamber.
“I belong to the restructuring school of thought and thankfully, I am a member of the Constitution Amendment Committee. What we need to do is to restructure.
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Tongues are wagging over the possibility of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee to organise an elective national convention not later than June this year.
There are twists and turns, dark clouds and anxiety as pundits are arguing that the much-touted June convention date is shaky and may hit the rocks.
Impeccable sources confided in Daily Trust Saturday yesterday that the APC top echelon is still battling to unite members, bury internal crisis in state chapters, reach key decisions on the issue of zoning, organise ward, local government, state and zonal congresses as prelude to the convention.
Ex-DPP chairman urges changing nation’s name
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairman Yao Chia-wen (姚嘉文) has called for changing the nation’s name to “the Republic of Taiwan” in his capacity as one of the three conveners for the party’s Constitutional Amendment Committee.
Yao and the other two conveners, DPP legislative caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) and Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) of the DPP, held preparatory talks yesterday, ahead of the inaugural meeting of the committee on March 31.
Yao told reporters that “the committee has its mission, and must follow guidance in the party’s charter, which calls for drafting a new constitution and amending the nation’s official name to ‘the Republic of Taiwan.’”
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