The Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Oyelola Ashiru has stated that constitution amendment remains important tool of deepening democratic rule in Nigeria.

Senator Ashiru disclosed this on Monday while speaking at one-day Public Lecture organized by the Department of Political Science in collaboration with the Institute of Legislative Studies of University of Ilorin.

He described the theme of Public Lecture- Constitutional amendment and the dynamics of State Policing in Nigeria, as apt amidst the ongoing conversations on establishment of State Police to address insecurity in the country.

Ashiru said the 10th Senate would continue to perform their legislative duties to address numerous challenges facing the country.

The Senator represented the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibril who was the chairman of the occasion.