The House of Representatives on Thursday commenced consideration of report of the special ad-hoc committee on the review of the 1999 constitution amidst rowdiness.
The amendment bill containing 32 alterations was laid before the House by the Chairman of the Ad hoc committee, Yussuf Lasun on July 20.
The House however, was thrown into a rowdy session, following a point of order raised by Mojeed Alabi (Osun-APC).
Citing order 9 Rule 2(1) of the standing order, Mr Alabi said the House should debate the clauses contained in the document before voting.
He argued that proceeding with voting without debating the clauses would violate order 13 rule 1(2) of the House Standing order.
The Speaker, Yakubu Dogara however, ruled him out of order saying that the house had already debated the clauses before sending the bill to the ad hoc committee.
The speaker urged lawmakers to come up with amendments in sections they deemed necessary.
Mr Alabi, who was not satisfied with the position of the speaker continued to raise a point of order while some other lawmakers formed clusters over the matter.
Some lawmakers prevailed on the situation as they tried to calm Mr Alabi down.
Meanwhile, normalcy later returned after 30 minutes of persuasion.
The House in the exercise rejected the proposal to alter section 147 of the 1999 constitution, seeking to provide for the appointment of a minister from FCT, Abuja to enable the city have representation in the Federal Executive Council.
191 lawmakers voted in favour of the clause, 91 were against it while three abstained.
The appointment of Minister of the FCT Bill got 77 votes in the Senate while 12 senators voted against it and three abstained.
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