Akpabio was reacting to trending stories on social media that Senate has reached a landmark decision on the matter.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said reports that members of the Red Chamber approved the creation of twelve new states are false.
He made this known while reacting to trending stories on social media that Senate has reached a landmark decision and approved the creation of 12 more states.
Earlier, 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.
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Ningi said, “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…”
However, while reacting to the rumours, Akpabio said he hopes Africans do not destroy themselves by the way they use social media.
“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,” he said.
