The Senate says it plans to hold public hearing across the country on review of 1999 Constitution from May 26 to May 27.
Senetor Ovie Omo-Agege, Chairman, Senate Constitution Review Committee, said this in a letter addressed to Senate President Ahmed Lawan and read at plenary on Wednesday.
Omo-Agege said the public hearing would hold in two centres in each of the six geopolitical zones of the country, adding that the centres were -North-Central with two sub-centres in Jos and Minna.
Omo-Agege said the Jos centre was made up of Plateau, Nasarawa and Benue, with Senetor Abdullahi Adamu (APC- Nasarawa) as its Chairman, while the Minna centre has Niger, Kwara, Kogi and FCT and to be Chaired by Senetor Sabi Abdullahi (APC-Niger).
“The North-East has Bauchi centre, made up of Yobe and Borno and its Chairman is Senetor Abubakar Kyari (APC -Borno), while the second centre has Gombe, Taraba and Adamawa and has Senetor Goje Danjuma (APC- Gombe) as its Chairman.
The North-West has Kaduna Centre made up of Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states and has Senetor Kabiru Gaya (APC-Kano) as Chairman, while Sokoto centre includes Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi states and has Senetor Adamu Alero (APC-Kebbi) as Chairman.
The South-East zone, which has Owerri centre with Imo and Abia states has Senetor Orji-Uzor Kalu (APC-Abia) as Chairman, while Enugu centre has Enugu, Anambra and Ebonyi states and has Senetor Ike Ekweremadu(PDP-Enugu)as its Chairman.
The South-South zone has Asaba centre consisting of Delta, Edo and Bayelsa states and has Senetor James Manager (PDP-Delta) as its Chairman, while the Port Harcourt centre has Rivers, Akwa-Ibom and Cross-River and its Chairman is Senetor Berty Apiafi (PDP-Rivers).
The South-West has Lagos centre made up of Lagos, Oyo and Ogun with Senetor Oluremi Tinubu (APC- Lagos) as its Chairman, while Akure centre has Ondo, Osun and Ekiti states and Senetor Ajayi Boroffice (APC-Ondo) is the Chairman,” he said.
Lawan urged Nigerians who had agitations worthy of presentation to present such at the public hearing, saying that it was an opportunity for Nigerians to visit centres nearest to them.
He said the National Assembly was open and do not have any pre-determined position on any of the issues to be addressed in the constitution review.
