Constitution Review: NASS Joint Committee Approves Additional State For South-East

The Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives connected Constitution Review has approved the instauration of an further authorities successful the South-East geopolitical zone, expanding the region’s full to six.

The determination was reached astatine a two-day retreat successful Lagos, wherever the committee reviewed 55 proposals for authorities instauration crossed the country.

Currently, the South-East has 5 states, less than the six oregon 7 I different geopolitical zones.

The session, chaired by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, and co-chaired by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, deliberated extensively connected the matter.

Kalu, among different lawmakers, who had consistently championed the request for an further authorities for the region, reiterated that the petition was anchored connected principles of equity, justice, and fairness.

Members of the Committee who unanimously approved the petition aboriginal took turns to deliberate connected the issue, speaking successful favour of granting the South-East an further state.

Following the deliberations, Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central) moved a question for the instauration of the caller state, which was seconded by Hon. Ibrahim Isiaka (Ifo/Ewekoro, Ogun State).

The question received the unanimous enactment of committee members and was consequently adopted.

In a related development, the associated committee besides established a sub-committee to further see the instauration of further states and section authorities areas crossed each six geopolitical zones, noting that a full of 278 proposals were submitted for review.

In his remarks, Senator Jibrin urged members to rally enactment among their colleagues astatine the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly to guarantee the resolutions sail done during voting.

“We request to fortify what we person started truthful that each parts of the state volition cardinal into this process,” Jibrin said. “By the clip we get to the existent voting, we should already person the buy-in of each stakeholders—from some chambers and the State Houses of Assembly.”