Ovie Omo-Agege, chairman of the senate committee on constitution
review, says the zonal public hearing on the proposed review of the 1999
constitution will begin on May 26.
In a statement by Yomi Odunuga, spokesman to Omo-Agege, the
senator disclosed this when he hosted members of the Legal Defence and
Assistance Project (LEPAD) in his office on Tuesday.
Noting that the public hearing will end on May 27, and hold
in 12 states across the country, Omo-Agege, who is also deputy senate
president, said there will be two hearings for each geopolitical zone.
“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,” the statement read.
“Similarly, that of South East would hold 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.”
Represented by Otive Igbuzor, his chief of staff, Omo-Agege
gave the assurance that women’s interests will be protected, and urged
Nigerians to participate actively during the public hearing.
He added that a national public hearing is also expected to
hold in Abuja.
The senate constitution review committee was inaugurated in
February 2020.
Speaking during the inauguration of the committee, Omo-Agege
had said recommendations of the 2014 national conference, and the resolutions
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) panel on restructuring will be
considered.
The deputy senate president had also said the committee will
consider altering the sixth schedule of the constitution to provide for the
establishment of pre-election matters tribunal, governorship pre-election
matters tribunals, and presidential pre-election matters tribunal.
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