The South- East Caucus of the House of Representatives has rejected introduction of Sharia in the Constitution.
Chairman of the caucus and Deputy Minority Leader, Chukwuka Onyema told National Assembly Correspondents a good number of ranking members from the zone understand that all bills seeking an amendment of the constitution “shall be passed for second reading” and refferred to the Adhoc Committee on Constitution, it would be wrong to say they were caught unawares.
He assured that there was no cause for alarm as a public hearing with conducted on the bill saying, “Any matter on constitutional amendment is passed for second reading and sent to the constitutional review committee.
“ I can use the word ‘shall’, that such a bill shall be passed for second reading and sent to the committee, who will now look at it to see if should be presented for debate.
“We have experienced lawmakers in the South-East Caucus who are waiting for when this bill will be debated.
“ We are not sleeping. We are committed to working for their people and this is seen in our contributions on the floor as well as in various committees, along with oversight functions”, he added.
