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The lawmaker representing Enugu North Senatorial zone, Senator Ayogu Eze, has said there was still hope
for the creation of more states in the country.
He told journalists in Enugu that the process for the creation of the new states was still ongoing.
He said, “The door is still open for the
creation of new states and once the constitutional requirements are
met, new states would be created.”
The Deputy Senate President and Chairman
Senate Constitution Review Committee, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, in a
recent briefing said all request submitted by stakeholders did not meet
key constitutional requirements.
But Eze dismissed such and urged those seeking the creation of more states keep their hope alive.
He said the committee “erroneously” based its assessment on requests submitted in 2010 instead of the ones filed in 2013.
Eze, however, particularly allayed the
fears of the people of the proposed Adada State, saying the committee’s
report was not targeted at them.
He said, “Since the report of the Senate
Constitution Drafting Committee was presented, there has been a lot of
misconception, especially with regards to the issue of state creation.”
“I want to say categorically that it is
not true that the Senate committee has ruled out the possibility of
state creation; the door is still open, creation of state is very
possible, but it is very cumbersome.
“What happened was that the committee
secretariat complicated the matter by using the request filed in 2010
instead of using the one filed in 2013, but while we didn’t want to
quarrel with them is that they did it across board, and they admitted
that it was a mistake on their part.”
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