Nigeria, Oct. 24 -- The National Assembly Joint Committee on Constitution Review has received 55 proposals for the creation of new states and 278 requests for the establishment of additional local government areas from various interest groups across the country.

The committee also received two requests for boundary adjustments and 69 bills seeking amendments to various constitutional provisions.

The Chairperson of the Committee, Barau Jibrin, disclosed this in a statement on Friday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir.

The statement indicated that the the committee will conduct a clause-by-clause review of all proposals during its two-day retreat in Lagos, which begins today and ends on Saturday.

"It has been...