The House of Representative Special Committee on Constitution Review has fixed June 1 to June 3 for its zonal public hearings taking place across the country’s six geopolitical zones.
Umar Puma, chief press secretary to the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
He said the committee had invited the general public, executive and judicial bodies, traditional institutions, political parties, civil society organizations, professional bodies and all other ‘stakeholders’.
The statement quoted Wase, who is the chairman of the special committee on constitution review, as saying that each zone would have two centers.
The committee chairman further stated that the North-central zonal public hearing would hold in Jos, with Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa States and FCT, in attendance, while Lokoja would serve as the second center, with Kogi, Niger and Kwara states.
“The North-East has Bauchi center, which is made up of Bauchi, Borno and Yobe states, while Yola center has Adamawa, Taraba and Gombe States.
“The North-West center is in Birnin Kebbi, with Kebbi, Zamfara and Sokoto states, while Kano center, which will hold on June 2 and June 3, with Kano, Kaduna, Katsina and Jigawa states.
“The South-East which has Enugu center, will host Enugu, Anambra and Ebonyi states, while Owerri center will host Imo and Abia states.
“The South-West with a center in Akure, will host Ondo, Ekiti and Osun states, while Lagos center will host Lagos, Oyo and Ogun states.