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The House of Representatives committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution has received request for the creation of 31 additional states across the six geopolitical zones in the country, News360 Nigeria reports.

This is contained in a letter from the committee read at Thursday’s plenary by Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu.

The letter also listed conditions to be met by those requesting for state creation before they are granted.

The states being considered are Okun state, Okura state and Confluence states from Kogi; Benue Ala and Apa states from Benue; FCT state; Amana state from Adamawa, Katagum from Bauchi state, Savannah state from Borno and Muri state from Taraba

The states also include New Kaduna state and Gujarat states from Kaduna state; Tiga and Ari from Kano, and Kainji from Kebbi state; Etiti and Orashi as the 6th state in the South East, Adada from Enugu, Orlu abd Aba from. The South East.

They also include Ogoja from Cross River, Warri from Delta, Ori and Obolo from Rivers; Torumbe from Ondo, Ibadan grom Oyo, Lagoon from Lagos, Lagoon from Lagos and Ogun, Ijebu from Ogun, Oke Ogun/Ijesha from Oyo/Ogun/Osun states

According to the letters, section 8 of the 1999 Constitution as amended outlines specific requirements that must be fulfilled to initiate the process of state creation.

The letter said “a request to the National Assembly for the purpose of creating a new state shall only be ed if a request ed by at least the third majority of of the Senate and the House of Representatives and 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.

“Local Government Advocates for the creation of additional local government areas are only reminded that Section 8 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, applies to this process.

“Specifically, in accordance with Section 8.3 of the Constitution, the outcome of the votes of the State Houses of Assembly in the referendum must be forwarded to the National Assembly for fulfillment of state demands.

“Proposals shall be resubmitted in strict adherence to the stipulations. Submit three hard copies of the full proposal of the memoranda to the Secretariat of the Committee at Room H331, House of Representatives, White House, National Assembly Complex, and Abuja.

“Sub-copies must also be sent electronically to the Committee’s email address at info.hccr.gov.nj.

“The Committee remains committed to ing the implementing efforts that align with the Constitutional provisions and would only consider proposals that comply with the stipulated guidelines.”

https://news360ng.com/reps-recieve-request-for-31-new-states/

Why not create additional 50 states? Perhaps make Bourdillon a state so that you can get more money from Tinubu. These APC guys are the most demonic and evil humans living anywhere in the world. How much can you steal?

Why are these satanic people worried about new states when the existing ones are in perpetual squalor, pain and agony? It shall not be well with the Biden government for seeing evil and foisting it in us, they knew these guys will destroy Nigeria yet they ed them with mights and power.

hmm as our Nigerian Igbo Brothers would say "Ike Gwụrụ"

Rather than propose bills to move the nation forward starting from constitution ammendment, they are thinking of creating more states to add more criminals to power.

The creation of states worsened the economy compared to when we had just regions. It never brought the government closer to the people, it only created opportunity for more criminals.

Some state are not even viable and you want to create more? Nawa o. Why does these sound like politicians wanting to create more avenue to loot, stamp themselves as godfather rather than solve the problems of marginalization and equity if any.

Lol.. joblessness

why is akoko state missing? Akoko people deserves their state.

Always looking out for means and methods of embezzlement

Why not a round 100, or even 1,000?

Everybody wan breakaway . See wetin hardship dey cause ..

How does this translate to good governance?

Jokers

Madness😄😄

Non was proposed from Edo State

Hmmmmm

Good

Oga ooooo 😄😄😄

This won't fly.

Additional what

Only south east deserves one more state to balance 6 states per zone

Nigeria is a comedy HQ

MADNESSS

Now im starting to believe that rumor that these guys take hard drugs because what the f is this?

The should a bill that will require mandatory drug test weekly
Lets see if these guys are normal

No Anioma State?

Wow

It may help develop other regions in the states.

Most money and projects is centered around capital cities

Maybe now it may change if it happens but this time for fairness they should cut 15% from the state with capital city for 4 years to help develop the new states capital city then they can now get allocations as normla

We have 36 hungry states but they are planning to create more unviable states.

WHO SWEAR FOR NIGERIA DON DIE O...

State governor go come be like pry 2 children for Aso rock if dem wan go collect monthly allaweee






This country sef

See the people blaming Trump cos he has refused to give them dollars to steal. Useless country, stupid Ieaders

The only one not listed here (Anioma) is the one that'll be created.