The Senate has set up a 45-member committee to review and amend the country’s constitution.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the composition of the committee led by Barau Jibrin, deputy senate president, on the floor of the red chamber on Wednesday.
Akpabio said there is a need to amend the country’s constitution in the face of emerging trends in the world.
“There is a need for us to touch some aspects of the constitution to bring them in line with current relatives, particularly with the era of artificial intelligence and some of the things we have observed that need to be put right,” he said.
“The deputy senate president, you also invite speakers of all state houses of assemblies for interaction with the senate president before we go into the major issues of presenting the different memos.”
The senate president said the constitution committee comprises members drawn from all 36 states of the federation and the federal capital territory (FCT).
“It is all political parties and all senatorial districts, all zones are taken care of,” Akpabio said.
“We are taking one senator per state because we are talking about the constitution amendment. One senator per state, and then we are also taking one senator representing each geo-political zone .
“So, in case you noticed two senators from one state, that would mean that one of them represents the zone, while there’s one senator from that zone representing that state.”
Here is the full list of members of the committee:
- Barau Jibrin
- Opeyemi Bamidele
- Oyelola Ashiru
- Ali Ndume
- Nwebonyi Onyeka
- Abba Moro
- Osita Ngwu
- Oyewunmi Olalere
- Sani Hangar
- Enyinnaya Abaribe
- Binus Dauda Yaroe
- Bassey Etim Akpan
- Ifeanyi Ubah
- Abdul Ningi
- Seriake Dickson
- Agom Jarigbe
- Ned Nwoko
- Adams Oshiomole
- Danjuma Goje
- Osita Izunaso
- Abdulhamid Ahmed
- Khalid Mustapha
- Sani Rufai
- Mutari Dandutse
- Yahaya Abdullahi
- Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan
- Adebule Oluranti
- Ugodiya Akwashiki
- Sani Musa
- Adeola Olamilekan
- Adeniyi Ayodele
- Abdulfatai Buhari
- Simon Lalong
- Aliyu Wamako
- Shuaibu Lau
- Ahmed Lawan
- Sahabi Alhaji Ya’u
- Ireti Kingigbe
- Ipalibo Banigo
- Adamu Aliero (North-west)
- Orji Uzor Kalu (South-east)
- Francis Fadahunsi (South-west)
- Bomai Mohammed (North-east)
- Barinada Mpigi (South-south)
- Umar Sadiq Sulaiman (North-central)
