 The Nigerian Senate has announced members of the Constitution and Amendment Committee to be chaired by the Deputy Senate President Jibril Barau with the Senate Leader Bami Dele Oquemi, as the Vice Chairman. Making the announcement, the Senate President Gospu Laquabio said that the 1999 constitution needs a major review. Senate Laquabio also charged the Deputy Senate President to invite speakers of State Houses of Assembly for interaction before the beginning of the review of the Constitution. The Constitutional Amendment Committee is made up of 43 senators, 37 from each state of the Federation including the FCT and another six representing the geopolitical zones of the country. Lawmakers representing the zones include Senator Adamo Allero, not West, Senator Ojiuz Okaalu, South East, Senator Fadahunsi, France's South West, Senator Bomae Mohammed, not East, Senator Barina Mpigi, South South, and Senator Omar Sadik Suleiman. The Senate Review Committee, through inputs from stakeholders, would identify relevant sections of the Constitution to be amended to give answers to contemporary national issues. That would mean that one of them represents a zone. Why there is one senator from that same state representing that state? So, for the zone representation, we have Senator Adamo Allero for KB Central and North West. We have Senator Ojiuz Okaalu representing Abya, South East. We have Senator Fadahunsi representing South West. We have Senator Bomae Mohammed representing North East. We have Senator Barina Mpigi representing South South. We have Senator Omar Sadik Suleiman representing North Central. The committee will be inaugurated on Tuesday so that they can start functioning immediately. So all the motions and resolutions pertaining to the Constitutional Amendment that have been brought to the Senate since last year will now be channeled straight to that committee. If you have your ideas, I have my ideas. You bring forward so that we can do a good job. And then Deputy Senate President, you also invite speakers of all the state assemblies for interaction with the Senate President before we go into the major issues of presenting the different memoirs. That would mean that one of them... Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.