Nigeria, Feb. 1 -- The House of Representatives has set December 2025 as the deadline for the conclusion of the ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution.

The Deputy Speaker, Ben Kalu, who is also the Chairman of the House Constitution Review Committee, stated this on Wednesday at the inaugural meeting of the committee.

Mr Kalu said the committee currently has about 40 bills seeking to amend the constitution, noting that it has a deadline of December 2025.

"It is the view of Mr Speaker that we set a realistic timeline that does not conflict with electoral activities which would advertently or inadvertently affect the alteration process, specifically, December 2025, the time we are looking at to conclude the activities of this committe...