Constitution Review Committee: Senate Names Fatai Buhari, Folarin, 55 Others As Members

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has named a 57-member Constitution Review Committee to be chaired by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta Central).

Principal Officers of the Senate that constitute members of the Steering committee as well as members of the panel are the Senate Leader,Senator Yahaya Abdullahi; Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Robert Ajayi Boroffice; Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Aliyu Sabine Abdullahi; Minority Leader, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe; Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha; Minority Whip Philip Aduda and the Deputy Minority Whip, Senator Sahabi Ya’u among others.

Senators Oluremi Tinubu (Lagos), Abdullahi Adamu (Nasarawa), Mohammed Sani Musa (Niger), Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Nicholas Tofowomo (Ondo), Bashiru Ajibola (Osun), Teslim Folarin (Oyo), Hezekiah Dimka (Plateau), George Sekibo (Rivers), Aliyu Wammako (Sokoto), Yusuf Yusuf (Taraba), Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe) and Hassan Gusau (Zamfara) are also members of the Committee.

addition, the Committee has zonal representation as each zone is represented by two Senators as follows: Senators Bala Ibn Na’Allah and Ibrahim Shekarau (North West); Kashim Shettima and Lawal Gumau (North East); Tanko Al-makura and Yakubu Oseni (North Central); Abdulfatai Buhari and Biodun Olujimi (South West); Uche Ekwunife and Chukwuka Utazi (South East) and Akon Eyakenyi and Rose Oko (South South).

Lawan advised the committee to represent the Senate and the entire National Assembly nationalistically.