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Constitution Review: Senate To Hold Zonal Hearings on May 26

by Victor Ndubuisi
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The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday disclosed that its zonal public hearing on 1999 Constitution review, would hold from May 26 to 27.

The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, stated this while hosting members of the Legal Defence and Assistance Project in his office.

The group was led by its National Coordinator, Chino Obiagwu (SAN).

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Omo-Agege is the Chairman of the committee which consists of fifty-nine senators across the country as members.

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All the female senators in the Senate and principal officers except the Senate President are members of the committee.

The development was disclosed on Tuesday by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to Omo-Agege, Yomi Odunuga, in Abuja.

Odunuga in the statement noted that the public hearing would be held simultaneously in 12 state capitals in Nigeria, meaning that two public hearings would be held per geo-political zone.

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He further stated that a national public hearing will be held in Abuja.

Omo-Agege called on those who had already submitted memoranda to speak to the documents at the events.

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The Deputy President of the Senate pointed out that while Jos and Minna would host the public hearings in the North-Central geopolitical zone, that of North- East and North -West would hold in Bauchi and Gombe as well as Kaduna and Sokoto respectively.

Similarly, he said for the South East, the exercise would be held in Owerri and Enugu, even as South-South and South-West would be hosted in Port Harcourt and Asaba as well as Akure and Lagos respectively.

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Represented by his Chief of Staff, Dr Otive Igbuzor, the Delta Central lawmaker assured that women’s interests will be protected in the constitution review.

 

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