A motion for the creation of additional 31 states has been moved by the House of Representatives Committee.
Hon. Benjamin Kalu, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, unveiled the proposal by reading it during Thursday’s plenary session in Abuja.
“This is to inform members that the House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as altered), has received legislative proposals for the creation of states and local governments in the following order,” he read.
A. NORTH-CENTRAL
BENUE ALA STATE from Benue State.
OKUN STATE from Kogi State
OKURA STATE from Kogi State
CONFLUENCE STATE from Kogi State
APA-AGBA STATE from Benue South Senatorial District
APA STATE from Benue State.
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA
B. NORTH-EAST
AMANA STATE from Adamawa State.
KATAGUM STATE from Bauchi State.
SAVANNAH STATE from Borno State.
MURI STATE from Taraba State.
C. NORTH-WEST
NEW KADUNA STATE and GURARA STATE from Kaduna State.
TIGA STATE from Kano State.
KAINJI STATE from Kebbi State.
GHARI STATE from Kano State
D. SOUTH-EAST
ETITI STATE sixth state for South East geopolitical zone.
ADADA STATE from Enugu State.
URASHI STATE from South East geopolitical zone.
ORLU STATE from South Eastern Region of Nigeria.
ABA STATE from the South Eastern Region of Nigeria.
E. SOUTH-SOUTH
OGOJA STATE from Cross River State.
WARRI STATE from Delta State.
BORI STATE from Rivers State.
OBOLO STATE from Rivers and Akwa Ibom States.
F. SOUTH-WEST
TORU-EBE STATE from Delta, Edo, and Ondo States.
IBADAN STATE from Oyo State.
LAGOON STATE from Lagos State.
IJEBU STATE from Ogun State.
OKE-OGUN from Ogun State
IFE-IJESHA from Oyo, and Osun States.
If the proposal is met with positivity, the creation of 31 additional states will bring the total number of states in Nigeria to 67.
Many are, however, of the opinion that the addition of 31 states to the present 36 states that the nation already boasts will have a strenuous effect on the economy.
Moreover, the request for the creation of states can only materialize if at least “the third majority of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives (National Assembly), the House of Assembly in respect of the area, and the Local Government Council in respect of the area” is received by the National Assembly.
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