Rep Soro presents compendium of 45 bills to constituent’s District Heads to generate feedback

By Samuel Luka, Bauchi

Member representing Ganjuwa/Darazo Federal Constituency at the Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Hon Mansur Manu Soro on Sunday presented a compendium of 45 bills under his sponsorship to the three District Heads of Ganjuwa, Darazo and Sade for their kind review.

This was made known in a press statement made available to newsmen by the lawmaker on Sunday.

“Today, I presented a compendium of 45 legislative bills sponsored by my humble self to the 3 district heads of Ganjuwa (Madakin Bauchi), Darazo and Sade for the kind review of our traditional rulers in Darazo/Ganjuwa federal constituency”, the house of representatives member disclosed.

He said, in attendance during the presentation of the compendium were the local government party (PDP) chairmen of Darazo and Ganjuwa among other notable stakeholders.

According to Soro, the presentation of the compendium is in line with his resolve to ensure participatory stakeholding and sustained-constituent’s engagement in his representation at the 10th National Assembly.

The Lawmaker called on the people of his constituency Darazo/Ganjuwa, stakeholders, state and national leaders from all strata of life to kindly make their input on the series of proposed legislations.

He said that the compendium comprises of 38 constitutional alterations bills and 12 non-constitutional bills (Acts of the National Assembly).

In a Executive summary, the Lawmaker said in the last two decades, there has been a growing agitation by citizens and civil society organizations for a more viable constitution and efficient laws of the Federation of Nigeria that reflect the desire for a Citizen Constitution that holds the government accountable to the people, guarantees the welfare of the
citizens; and more efficiently captures the peculiar sensibilities and unique requirements of the constituent parts of the federation while guaranteeing the unity of the country.

The executive summary indicated that 37 bills are at committee stage, 7 others are awaiting second reading while one is at the gazetting stage.