The assented Constitutional Alteration Bills, amongst others, are ensuring the financial independence of state houses of assembly and state judiciary; regulating of the first session and inauguration of members-elect of the national and state houses of assembly and for related matters; ensure that the president and governors submit the names of persons nominated as ministers or commissioners within sixty days of taking the oath of office for confirmation by the Senate or state house of assembly; and for related matters.

Others are enabling states to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity in areas covered by the national grid; and for related matters; excluding the period of intervening events in the computation of time for determining pre-election matters petitions, etc; regulating the first session and inauguration of members-elect of national and state assemblies; changing prisons to correctional service and re-designate correctional service in the concurrent list; and moving item “railway” from the exclusive legislative list to the concurrent list.

Senator Omoworare said the President also assented to three other bills: The Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology Act, The Nigerian Institute of International Relations Act, and The Federal Medical Centres (Amendment) Acts.