The Taraba House of Assembly has constituted a three-man
committee to coordinate and harmonise its members’ positions on the upcoming
amendment of the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly.
Its Speaker, Mr Abel Diah, who announced this
during plenary on Wednesday, said that the committee, chaired by the Deputy
Speaker, Alhaji Mohammadu Gwampo, has Mr Hosea Ibi and Alhaji Bashir Mohammed
as members.
He said that the committee was expected to aggregate
members’ views ahead of the vote on the provisions of the constitution being
altered.
Diah said that the proposed amendment was very
crucial to the deepening of the nation’s democracy, and urged the committee to
be thorough and strive to capture the true positions of Taraba people on the
issues.
He urged his colleagues to help the committee
by consulting with their respective constituencies on the items slated for
amendment.
“Our decisions must reflect the wishes and
desires of the good people of Taraba State; we cannot compromise that,” he
said.
The speaker commended his colleagues for
contributing towards developing their constituencies using private resources,
and lamented that legislators in Taraba had not enjoyed constituency project
allowances since return of democracy in 1999.
Mr Charles Maijankai, member representing
Karim-lanido Constituency, in a remark, said that the current economic
recession was hitting hard on the lawmakers, making it difficult for some of
them to fuel their vehicles to attend plenary.
“Things are hard; there is the need to improve
the welfare of members for optimum productivity,” Maijankai said.
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