State Creation: Senate Calls For Boundary Adjustment First

Obiora Ani, Abuja and Goke Alade, Lagos  

 

The Nigerian Senate says the creation of additional states in the country will only be feasible if the 1982 States and Boundary Adjustment Act is amended.
 

Chairman, Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, said this while briefing Senate Correspondents at the National Assembly, Abuja.
 

Senator Ekweremadu who is also the Deputy Senate President said that section eight of the 1999 constitution must also be amended for the creation of more states in the country.
 

The Provisions
 

Von Correspondent, Obiora Ani, quotes the Deputy Senate President as saying that “while the 1982 States and Boundary Adjustment Act was not specific on who participates in the referendum, section eight of the 1999 constitution did not define who will conduct or vote in the referendum”.

               

Advice

Meanwhile, the Nigerian National Assembly has been advised to critically examine the provisions of the 1999 constitution during the much anticipated constitutional review.
 

An Islamic leader based in Ikorodu, Lagos State, Sheikh Yahaya Oshoala, gave the advice in Lagos while fielding questions from newsmen.

 

He urged the lawmakers to be guided by the report of the Justice Mohammed Uwais Electoral Reform Committee.
 

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