State police, reserved seats for women — N’assembly’s unfulfilled promises in 2025

State police, reserved seats for women — N’assembly’s unfulfilled promises in 2025

At the start of 2025, expectations were high for the national assembly, with lawmakers promising a year of sweeping reforms. From constitutional amendments and security restructuring to gender inclusion and electoral reform, the agenda was ambitious and timely.

However, by the end of the year, many of those promises and expectations remained unresolved. While legislative activities were visible, substantive outcomes were limited.

Constitutional amendment dominated legislative commitments. Benjamin Kalu, the deputy speaker and chairman of the house of representatives committee on constitution review, had said that work on amending the 1999 Constitution will be completed by December 2025.