{"id":4022,"date":"2026-05-11T03:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T03:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/?p=4022"},"modified":"2026-05-16T07:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T07:58:03","slug":"constitution-review-in-focus-as-plac-convenes-citizens-townhall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/constitution-review-in-focus-as-plac-convenes-citizens-townhall\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitution Review in Focus as PLAC Convenes Citizens\u2019 Townhall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On <strong>Thursday,<\/strong> <strong>16 April 2026,<\/strong> Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), in collaboration with the National Assembly Constitution Review process, convened a Citizens\u2019 Townhall Dialogue on pending constitutional amendment bills. This event was supported by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dialogue brought together lawmakers,\ncivil society organisations and members of the public to discuss proposed\nreforms before the National Assembly proceeds to voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussions focused on 44 constitution\namendment bills across key thematic areas, including electoral and judicial\nreforms, citizenship and indigeneship, security and policing, fiscal\nfederalism, local government restructuring, and inclusive governance. The\nSpecial Seats Bill for women in the legislature received particular attention,\nas advocates made the case for stronger constitutional measures to improve\nwomen\u2019s representation in elective offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The townhall came at a critical moment.\nThe constitution review process, initially expected to conclude by December\n2025, remains ongoing, while the 2027 political calendar is already tightening.\nWith party primaries approaching and campaign activities beginning to compete\nfor legislative attention, citizens will be watching to see whether the process\ndelivers reforms that reflect public expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Findings from PLAC\u2019s perception survey on\nthe Constitution Review Bills also helped shape discussions at the event,\nhighlighting priority reform areas from the perspective of citizens and\nstakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PLAC\u2019s facilitation of the dialogue\nunderscores the importance of keeping citizens engaged in the constitution\nreview process and ensuring that legislative reform remains open, participatory\nand responsive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>See link to summary of the constitution alteration bills awaiting\nlegislative vote:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-policy-and-legal-advocacy-centre\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/placng.org\/i\/documents\/summary-of-proposed-constitutional-amendments-bills\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, 16 April 2026, Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), in collaboration with the National Assembly Constitution Review process, convened a Citizens\u2019 Townhall Dialogue on pending constitutional amendment bills. This event was supported by the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The dialogue brought together lawmakers, civil society organisations and members of the public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[449,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-may-2026","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4022"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4037,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4022\/revisions\/4037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/placng.org\/Legist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}