The House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has recommended the establishment of 31 new states in Nigeria.
Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu, who led the plenary on Thursday, presented a letter from the committee outlining the proposed states.
If approved, this proposal would raise Nigeria’s number of states to 67.
The letter stated: “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:”
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)
- A 37th state, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
NORTH-EAST
8. Amana State (from Adamawa State)
9. Katagum State (from Bauchi State)
10. Savannah State (from Borno State)
11. Muri State (from Taraba State)
NORTH-WEST
12. New Kaduna State and Gurara State (from Kaduna State)
13. Tiga State (from Kano State)
14. Kainji State (from Kebbi State)
15. Ghari State (from Kano State)
SOUTH-EAST
16. Etiti State (6th state in the South-East)
17. Adada State (from Enugu State)
18. Urashi State (6th state in the South-East)
19. Orlu State (from the South-East)
20. Aba State (from the South-East)
SOUTH-SOUTH
21. Ogoja State (from Cross River State)
22. Warri State (from Delta State)
23. Bori State (from Rivers State)
24. Obolo State (from Rivers and Akwa Ibom States)
SOUTH-WEST
25. Toru-Ebe State (from Delta, Edo, and Ondo States)
26. Ibadan State (from Oyo State)
27. Lagoon State (from Lagos State)
28. Ijebu State (from Ogun State)
29. Lagoon State (from Lagos and Ogun States)
30. Ibadan State (from Oyo State)
31. Oke-Ogun and Ife-Ijesha States (from Ogun, Oyo, and Osun States)
The creation of these states can only proceed if a “third majority of members of the Senate, House of Representatives (National Assembly), the House of Assembly in the relevant areas, and the Local Government Council of the area support it.”
