Senate President, Senator Akpabio, has dismissed the report that the Senate has approved the creation of 12 new states.
The lawmaker says he hopes Africans do not destroy themselves
by the way they use social media.
There were stories about a proposal for the creation of 12
new states, which stirred mixed reactions from Nigerians.
The Senate was said to have reached a landmark decision and
approved the creation of 12 new states.
However, Senator Abdul Ningi, while addressing the Senate on
Monday, dismissed the claims that the Senate’s constitution review committee
had suggested the creation of 12 new states.
He characterized the reports as fake, toxic, and
irresponsible.
“I’m a member of the Constitution Review Committee. First,
our report from the zonal perspective has not been submitted to the main
Constitution Review Committee…
“It is therefore imperative to say that the social media
report that the National Assembly has pencilled 12 states is fake, toxic, and
irresponsible…
“The Senate has not sat on any committee report on the zonal
level. The main committee is yet to receive any report…”
Speaking on the subject matter, Akpabio added, “I hope that
the way Africans use social media will not break society; that is my only hope.
You see, even for appointments to be made, they will go and create fake
letterhead paper and write that the person has rejected the appointment.”
